Author: Moses SamuelsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn
Author: Moses SamuelsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Moses Mendelssohn
Author: Shmuel FeinerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300167520
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an accessible and fascinating biography of Moses Mendelssohn, the seminal Jewish philosopher "A fascinating portrait of an important Enlightenment figure."—Library Journal The “German Socrates,” Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) was the most influential Jewish thinker of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A Berlin celebrity and a major figure in the Enlightenment, revered by Immanuel Kant, Mendelssohn suffered the indignities common to Jews of his time while formulating the philosophical foundations of a modern Judaism suited for a new age. His most influential books included the groundbreaking Jerusalem and a translation of the Bible into German that paved the way for generations of Jews to master the language of the larger culture. Feiner’s book is the first that offers a full, human portrait of this fascinating man—uncommonly modest, acutely aware of his task as an intellectual pioneer, shrewd, traditionally Jewish, yet thoroughly conversant with the world around him—providing a vivid sense of Mendelssohn’s daily life as well as of his philosophical endeavors. Feiner, a leading scholar of Jewish intellectual history, examines Mendelssohn as father and husband, as a friend (Mendelssohn’s long-standing friendship with the German dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was seen as a model for Jews and non-Jews worldwide), as a tireless advocate for his people, and as an equally indefatigable spokesman for the paramount importance of intellectual independence.
Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher
Author: M. SamuelsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781104145637
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher
Author: Moses SamuelsMemoirs of Moses Mendelsohn
Author: M. SamuelsMemoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher; Including the Celebrated Correspondence, on the Christian Religion, with J.C. Lavater, Minister of Zurich
Author: Johann Caspar LavaterPublisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781297761126
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Moses Mendelssohn
Author: Alexander AltmannPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1909821187
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Professor Altmann quotes widely from personal letters and other contemporary documents in this biographical study of one of the most celebrated figures of the German Enlightenment. A considerable amount of the primary source material is offered in English translation.
Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher
Author: M. SamuelsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428834135
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Excerpt from Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher: Including the Celebrated Correspondence, on the Christian Religion, With J. C. Lavater, Minister of Zurich Superior learning and eminent talents com mand respect under every circumstance. Nor are they less estimable for having been acquired in the usual routine of methodical education and academic study, either afforded by, reputable parents, or provided by public institutions, where may be found example to imitate, well - directed ambition to inspire, and hopes of honour and preferment to sup port and invigorate; with no immediate cares to damp or distract, no prejudices to check or intimidate, but with all means and ap pliances to boot. In these cases, how ever, though we justly praise and value ex cellence as such we cannot discover m it more than a successful result of industry and perseverance, aided by propitious na tural qualities, and facilitated by auxiliary advantages. Like exquisite plants, reared with patience, and nurtured with care, these favoured minds are fructified by the genial. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher
Author: M. SamuelsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330120071
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Excerpt from Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher: Including the Celebrated Correspondence, on the Christian Religion, With J. C. Lavater, Minister of Zurich It is one of the most admirable and consolatory provisions of nature, that few circumstances can exist so altogether uncongenial and depressive as to wholly extinguish the fire of original genius, or altogether impede general aptitude of an exalted description. Of this grateful truth a more striking instance can scarcely be afforded than that which is supplied by the Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn. Few more impressive examples exist of the nurture of an elevated and philosophic mind amidst obstacles so utterly unfavourable to its development. Born a member of a peculiar and discouraged people, with much to encounter from the bigotry and prejudices of a portion of his own tribe, and still more from the kindred failings of those who despised and oppressed it; labouring under poverty and a weak constitution, farther debilitated by incessant mental exertion, this extraordinary man not only advanced himself to general respectability by the purity and elevation of his philosophic views, but to an equality and companionship with the leading intellectual spirits of his age and country. In this point of view the Life of Mendelsohn stands beautifully distinguished, and claims the peculiar attention of all to whom the study of human nature, in its more attractive varieties, is at once a means of instruction and a source of pleasure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon
Author: Solomon MaimonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691203083
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The first complete and annotated English translation of Maimon's influential and delightfully entertaining memoir. Solomon Maimon's autobiography has delighted readers for more than two hundred years, from Goethe, Schiller, and George Eliot to Walter Benjamin and Hannah Arendt. The American poet and critic Adam Kirsch has named it one of the most crucial Jewish books of modern times. Here is the first complete and annotated English edition of this enduring and lively work. Born into a down-on-its-luck provincial Jewish family in 1753, Maimon quickly distinguished himself as a prodigy in learning. Even as a young child, he chafed at the constraints of his Talmudic education and rabbinical training. He recounts how he sought stimulation in the Hasidic community and among students of the Kabbalah--and offers rare and often wickedly funny accounts of both. After a series of picaresque misadventures, Maimon reached Berlin, where he became part of the city's famed Jewish Enlightenment and achieved the philosophical education he so desperately wanted, winning acclaim for being the "sharpest" of Kant's critics, as Kant himself described him. This new edition restores text cut from the abridged 1888 translation by J. Clark Murray, which has long been the only available English edition. Paul Reitter's translation is brilliantly sensitive to the subtleties of Maimon's prose while providing a fluid rendering that contemporary readers will enjoy, and is accompanied by an introduction and notes by Yitzhak Melamed and Abraham Socher that give invaluable insights into Maimon and his extraordinary life. The book also features an afterword by Gideon Freudenthal that provides an authoritative overview of Maimon's contribution to modern philosophy.