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SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WHITINGS OF HERDER. *
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TH E MONTHLY REPOSITORY AND REVIEWNEW SERIES , No . XLVIL
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NOVEMBER , 1830 .
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The life of Herder is closely interwoven with the general history of philosophy and religion in his age and nation . Rising by the force of native genius from an obscure and humble station , he gained an elevated rank in literature by the variety of his attainments and the versatility of his powers ; and of him it might be said ^ with even more propriety than of our own
Goldsmith , that there was scarce a topic in the wide range of human knowledge , which he had not touched 9 and that he had touched none which he had not adorned . A scholar , a poet , a philosopher , and a divine , to whatever subject he turned his thoughts he threw upon it the light of his own brilliant imagination and the warmth of his expansive and sympathising philanthropy . The diversity of his gifts , the extent of his acquirements , his copiousness of illustration , and his peculiar talent of seizing the prominent
features of a subject , without exploring its minuter details , admirably fitted him to exert a powerful influence on the popular mind , and , more especially as a preacher and a divine , to strip religion of its pedantic forms and dogmatic phraseology , and to cultivate it as an universal feeling—a natural element—in the moral constitution of man . In Herder , theology was con * stantly blended with history and literature . Madame de Stael ( De HAllemasrne * ch . xxx . l has well observed , " Un homme d * un genie aussi sincere
que Herder devoit meler la religion k toutes ses pensees , et Unites ses pen se * es a la religion . " In relation more particularly to this last and most interesting view of his character , we propose , in this and some following articles , to furnish our readers with an account of the life , labours , and writings of this eminent individual . John Godfrey Herder was born on the 25 th of August , 1744 , at Mohrangen , a small town in East Prussia . His ancestors appear to have emigrated ,
• Herder ' s Sftmnitliche Werke . Carlsruhe , 1822 . Herdei * V Lebeii von C . L . King . Carlsruhe . 1822 .
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Some Account Of The Life And Whitings Of Herder. *
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WHITINGS OF HERDER . *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/1/
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