The Genealogy of Philosophical Heroism: From Hamann to Nietzsche, Goethe, and Kierkegaard

• In Event: Nature and God in the Public Sphere: Religion, Cosmology, and Polity

Brief Overview

This paper traces Nietzsche’s, Goethe’s, and Kierkegaard’s idea of philosophical heroism back to Johann Georg Hamann, their shared inspiration, and examines its political implications for individuality, faith, and modern rationalism.

Author

• Jesse Ansley, Auburn University