Moses Mendelssohn
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Moses Mendelssohn was an 18th-century German-Jewish philosopher whose writings helped bridge Jewish thought and European Enlightenment ideals, earning him recognition as a central figure of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment).
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Enlightenment philosopher
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Haskalah figure ⓘ Jewish philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| birthName | Moses Mendel Dessau ⓘ |
| child |
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Dorothea Schlegel ⓘ |
| citizenship | Prussia ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1729-09-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1786-01-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | yeshiva in Dessau ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish people ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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metaphysics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical literature
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religious philosophy ⓘ |
| grandchild |
Fanny Hensel
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surface form:
Fanny Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ |
| influenced |
Haskalah
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surface form:
Haskalah thinkers
Immanuel Kant ⓘ modern Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
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Christian Wolff ⓘ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bridging Jewish thought and European Enlightenment
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leading figure of the Haskalah ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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Haskalah ⓘ |
| name | Moses Mendelssohn self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
German translation of the Pentateuch
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Jerusalem, or On Religious Power and Judaism ⓘ Morgenstunden, oder Vorlesungen über das Dasein Gottes ⓘ Phädon ⓘ
surface form:
Phaedon
Phaedo ⓘ
surface form:
Phädon oder über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele
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| occupation |
biblical commentator
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essayist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dessau
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Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berlin
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Berlin ⓘ |
| spouse | Fromet Gugenheim ⓘ |
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