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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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Count Stolberg Christian
Language; Encyclopedias
German poet of the Gottingen school, to which Burger and Voss belonged, born in Hamburg; was with his brother a friend of Goethe's, and held a civil appointment in Holstein ...
Ludwig Tieck
Language; Encyclopedias
German poet, born in Berlin; was one of the founders of the Romantic school in Germany, was a friend of the Schlegels and Novalis; wrote novels and popular tales and dramas; his ...
Count of Stolberg Friedrich Leopold
Language; Encyclopedias
German poet, born in Holstein, brother of preceding; held State appointments in Denmark; joined the Romish Church, and showed a religious and ascetic temper (1750-1819).
Philip Jacob Spener
Language; Encyclopedias
German Protestant theologian, founder of the Pietists, born in Alsace, studied in Strasburg; in 1670 held a series of meetings which he called "Collegia Pietatis," whence the name ...
Rudolf Ewald Stier
Language; Encyclopedias
German theologian; was a devout student of the Bible as the very Word of God, and is best known as the author of the "Words of the Lord Jesus" (1800-1862).
David Friedrich Strauss
Language; Encyclopedias
German theological and biblical critic, born at Ludwigsburg, in Wurtemberg; studied in the Theological Institute of Tubingen under Baur, was ordained in 1830, and went in 1834 to ...
Worship of Sorrow
Language; Encyclopedias
Goethe's name for the Christian religion, "our highest religion, for the Son of Man," Carlyle adds, interpreting this, "there is no noble crown, well worn or even ill worn, but is ...
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