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HAMANN, Johann Georg (1730-1788, philosopher). Autograph letter signed ('Hamann') to the composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Königsberg, 23 May 1782, one page, 4to, integral address panel (addressed to Reichardt as Fredrick the Great's Kapellmeister in Berlin), remnant of seal.
ON THE DEATHS OF CHILDREN. Hamann had been waiting for an opportunity to write to Reichardt, but not such a tragic one as the news of Reichardt's loss of a young son, an event which although it is outside his own experience moves him to profound sympathy and expressions of spiritual comfort: 'Aus der Erfahrung kenne ich zwar einen solchen Verlust nicht; aber meine hypochondrische Einbildungs Kraft anticipirt alle mögliche Uebel des menschlichen Lebens'. The letter continues with a comparable story, which Hamann had discussed with his friend and fellow Königsberg resident Immanuel Kant: that of a friend, the merchant Christoph Berens, who sent his son to learn business to Liebau, where he becomes involved in financial improprieties; the father, counselled by Kant and Hamann, decides 'den Ungehorsam seines Sohns wenigstens durch einen kleinen Schreck abzustrafen' [to punish his son's disobedience at least with a small shock] -- but just before the letter reaches the son, he dies of a fever: 'Wäre der Brief einen Posttag eher angekommen, so hätte die ganze Welt diesen unvermutheten Todesfall der angelegten Alteration zugeschrieben ... Nun ist alles zu rechter Zeit geschehen für den Todten und die Lebendigen'. The letter closes with further words of consolation for the loss of Reichardt's son: 'Beruhigen Sie Ihre liebe fromme Frau, daß Wilhelmchen die Reise dahin [to heaven] glücklich überstanden -- wehret ihnen nicht, denn solchen Kleinen ist das Himmelreich'.
Hamann and Kant were close friends, although Hamann's anti-Enlightenment reasoning that faith in God was the only solution to the problems of philosophy placed him intellectually at the opposite pole from Kant. Hamann was closely acquainted with the family of Christoph Berens, and had travelled to London in his employ in the years 1756-8. Published Ziesemer/Henkel, no.649.
ON THE DEATHS OF CHILDREN. Hamann had been waiting for an opportunity to write to Reichardt, but not such a tragic one as the news of Reichardt's loss of a young son, an event which although it is outside his own experience moves him to profound sympathy and expressions of spiritual comfort: 'Aus der Erfahrung kenne ich zwar einen solchen Verlust nicht; aber meine hypochondrische Einbildungs Kraft anticipirt alle mögliche Uebel des menschlichen Lebens'. The letter continues with a comparable story, which Hamann had discussed with his friend and fellow Königsberg resident Immanuel Kant: that of a friend, the merchant Christoph Berens, who sent his son to learn business to Liebau, where he becomes involved in financial improprieties; the father, counselled by Kant and Hamann, decides 'den Ungehorsam seines Sohns wenigstens durch einen kleinen Schreck abzustrafen' [to punish his son's disobedience at least with a small shock] -- but just before the letter reaches the son, he dies of a fever: 'Wäre der Brief einen Posttag eher angekommen, so hätte die ganze Welt diesen unvermutheten Todesfall der angelegten Alteration zugeschrieben ... Nun ist alles zu rechter Zeit geschehen für den Todten und die Lebendigen'. The letter closes with further words of consolation for the loss of Reichardt's son: 'Beruhigen Sie Ihre liebe fromme Frau, daß Wilhelmchen die Reise dahin [to heaven] glücklich überstanden -- wehret ihnen nicht, denn solchen Kleinen ist das Himmelreich'.
Hamann and Kant were close friends, although Hamann's anti-Enlightenment reasoning that faith in God was the only solution to the problems of philosophy placed him intellectually at the opposite pole from Kant. Hamann was closely acquainted with the family of Christoph Berens, and had travelled to London in his employ in the years 1756-8. Published Ziesemer/Henkel, no.649.
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