Isaiah Berlin
The Magus of the North: J.G. Hamann and the Origins of Modern Irrationalism
London, John Murray, 1993. First edition. Cloth. The signed first edition of Isaiah Berlin's study of the work of Johann Georg Hamann, a man he describes as a 'radical Enlightener&apos. The signed first edition, first impression of social and political theorist and philosopher Isaiah Berlin's study of the work of German Lutheran philosopher Johann Georg Hamann, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Signed by Berlin to the title page, and dated by him 14.10.97, only one month before his death. Edited by Dr. Henry Hardy, Berlin's study of Hamann demonstrates the German theologian and philosophers 'queer mixture of visionary pietism and sceptical empiricism', while discussing the origins of modern irrationalism.A scarce signed copy of a work Berlin. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with bumping to back strip head. Light marks to dust wrapper front and rear wraps, close to back strip. Dust wrapper otherwise exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Signed by Berlin to the title page. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Keywords: Johann Georg Hamann Hamann irrationalism philosophy Hamann None