Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Enlightenment thinker dramatist human literary critic philosopher writer

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was an 18th-century German writer, dramatist, and critic whose works helped shape modern German literature and championed Enlightenment ideals of reason, religious tolerance, and intellectual freedom.

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing canonical 20
G. E. Lessing 1

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
citizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfBirth Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
countryOfDeath Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1729-01-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1781-02-15 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Wittenberg ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName Doris Lessing ⓘ
surface form: Lessing
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
drama theory ⓘ
literature ⓘ
theology ⓘ
genre aesthetic criticism ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
theological writing ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
givenName Ephraim ⓘ
Gotthold ⓘ
influenced Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
German classical literature ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Gottsched ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of religious tolerance ⓘ
defense of intellectual freedom ⓘ
development of modern German drama ⓘ
movement Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableWork Emilia Galotti ⓘ
Hamburgische Dramaturgie ⓘ
Laokoon ⓘ
Minna von Barnhelm ⓘ
Nathan the Wise ⓘ
surface form: Nathan der Weise
occupation journalist ⓘ
librarian ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kamenz ⓘ
placeOfDeath Braunschweig ⓘ
positionHeld librarian at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
spouse Eva König ⓘ

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German Enlightenment → hasKeyFigure → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Johann Joachim Winckelmann → influenced → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Nathan the Wise → author → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Deutsche Aufklärung → notableFigure → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Johann Christoph Gottsched → influenced → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Lessing Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg → namedAfter → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Wolfenbüttel → hasNotablePerson → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
this entity surface form: G. E. Lessing
Johann Anton Leisewitz → influencedBy → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Ring Parable → author → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Recha → createdBy → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
The Templar is Christian → createdBy → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Nathan → createdBy → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Gotthold → notableBearer → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Emilia Galotti → author → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Minna von Barnhelm → author → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Laokoon → author → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Hamburgische Dramaturgie → author → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Eva König → spouse → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Eva König → hasRelative → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek → contributor → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
Erich Schmidt → studied → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ