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Moses Mendelssohn

Born

in Dessau, Germany

September 06, 1729

Died

January 04, 1786

Genre

Philosophy, Religion

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Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the Haskalah (the 'Jewish enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) is indebted. Although himself a practicing orthodox Jew, he has been referred to as the father of Reform Judaism.

Born to a poor Jewish family in Dessau and originally destined for a rabbinical career, Mendelssohn educated himself in German thought and literature and from his writings on philosophy and religion came to be regarded as a leading cultural figure of his time by both Germans and Jews. He also established himself as an important figure in the Berlin textile industry, which was the foundation of his family's wealth.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 258 ratings · 33 reviews · 367 distinct works

	Jerusalem: Or on Religious Power and Judaism by Moses Mendelssohn, Allan Arkush (Translator), Alexander Altmann (Introduction) 3.72 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1783 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophical Writings by Moses Mendelssohn, Daniel O. Dahlstrom (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phädon, oder, Über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1767 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morning Hours: Lectures on God's Existence (Studies in German Idealism, 12) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Τι είναι διαφωτισμός by Moses Mendelssohn, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottfried Herder 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ästhetische Schriften 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moses Mendelssohn’s Hebrew Writings (Volume 33) (The Yale Judaica Series) by Moses Mendelssohn, Edward Breuer (Translator), David Sorkin (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MOSES MENDELSSOHN CL really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ausgewählte Werke. 2 Bände it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jerusalem, and Other Jewish Writings. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Moses Mendelssohn (?)

“Nach Wahrheit forschen, Schönes lieben, Gutes wollen, das Beste tun. Das ist die Bestimmung des Menschen.”
― Moses Mendelssohn, Moses Mendelssohn's Gesammelte Schriften, Vol. 2 of 7

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“I am, therefore, there is a God”
― Moses Mendelssohn

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“Dios castiga al pecador no en la medida de Su propia infinitud, sino en la medida de la fragilidad del pecador.”
― Moses Mendelssohn

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