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Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn was a German-Jewish Enlightenment philosopher and a central figure in both the Haskalah and the German Aufklärung. His major works include Phädon, on the immortality of the soul, Jerusalem, on religious tolerance and the limits of ecclesiastical authority, and Morning Hours, on the existence of God and natural religion. He also translated the Pentateuch into German and helped shape modern Jewish thought by arguing that Judaism could be reconciled with rational philosophy and Enlightenment principles.

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Other Works by Moses Mendelssohn

  • Moses Mendelsohn's Anmerkungen zu Abbts freundschaftlicher Correspondenz (1782)
  • Rezensionsartikel in Allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek (1765-1784) (1900)