2d ed., 1888), the first scholarly biography of mendelssohn. On this website, you will find information about the jewish philosopher moses mendelssohn and his descendants, and about the history of the family as it played out in berlin. It lacked mendelssohn's hebrew and yiddish writings original.
1786) was a creative and eclectic thinker whose writings on metaphysics and aesthetics, political theory and theology, together with his jewish heritage, placed him at the focal point of the german enlightenment for over three decades. Why was mendelssohn's role so crucial in germany at the time? What does it mean to be a jew and.
However, this edition from a complete one. 1786) was a creative and eclectic thinker whose writings on metaphysics and aesthetics, political theory and theology, together with his jewish heritage, placed him at the focal point of the german enlightenment for over three decades. Moses mendelssohn travels to berlin as a teenager. He was key to the advancements in thinking associated 18th century german enlightenment.
The first historical and critical edition of the collected works of moses mendelssohn was begun in 1929 but work on the project was brought to an abrupt close in 1938 after completion of 7 of the 16 volumes that had been planned. Moses mendelssohn sein leben und seine werke (leipzig 1862;