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    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.
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    St Joseph thought the world would melt
    But liked the way his finger smelt.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)