Monatsgespräche

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Monatsgespräche is an early Enlightenment German periodical by Christian Thomasius that used accessible prose and satire to promote rational thought and critique social and religious conventions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enlightenment periodical
German periodical
satirical magazine
aim critique of religious conventions
critique of social conventions
promotion of rational thought
associatedWith German Enlightenment
early German public sphere
author Christian Thomasius
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony
creator Christian Thomasius
criticized religious intolerance
scholastic pedantry
social prejudice
genre essay
satire
hasContributor Christian Thomasius
historicalContext late 17th century Germany
influencedBy natural law theory
rationalist philosophy
language German
mainSubject Enlightenment philosophy
rationalism
religious criticism
social criticism
medium print
movement Early Enlightenment
notableEditor Christian Thomasius
originalTitle Monatsgespräche self-linksurface differs
surface form: Monats-Gespräche
periodicity monthly
promoted freedom of thought
rational examination of customs
use of vernacular German in philosophy
publisher Christian Thomasius
targetAudience German-speaking bourgeois readers
educated lay public
usedRhetoricalDevice dialogue form
irony
satire
writingStyle accessible prose
satirical tone

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Christian Thomasius notableWork Monatsgespräche
Monatsgespräche originalTitle Monatsgespräche self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Monats-Gespräche