Isaiah Berlin Quote

The most passionate, consistent, extreme and implacable enemy of the Enlightenment and... all forms of rationalism... was Johann Georg Hamann. His influence, direct and indirect, upon the romantic revolt against universalism and scientific method... was considerable and perhaps crucial.

Three Critics of the Enlightenment: Vico, Hamann, Herder (ed. Princeton University Press, 2013) - ISBN: 9781400848522