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Moses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. His writings and ideas on Jews and the Jewish religion and identity were a central element in the development of the Haskalah, or 'Jewish Enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Born to a poor Jewish family in Dessau, Principality of Anhalt, and originally destined for a rabbinical career, Mendelssohn educated him…
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science · German philosopher and theologian (1729–1786) · philosopher · translator · writer · Bible translator · literary scholar · scientist · also Moses Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn
Born 6 September 1729 · Died 4 January 1786 · Q76997
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My father felt that the name Moses Ben Mendel Dessau would handicap him in gaining the needed access to those who had the better education at their disposal. Without any fear that his own father would take offense, my father assumed the name Mendelssohn. The change, though a small one, was decisive.
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Yale Environment 360: Moses Mendelssohn’s Hebrew Writings
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CU Boulder News & Events: Moses Mendelssohn's Living Script: Philosophy, Practice, History, Judaism
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CU Boulder News & Events: Moses Mendelssohn's Living Script
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PBS: Moses Mendelssohn, a Jewish Link to Germany
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Jewish philosophy: Moses Mendelssohn
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Joseph Mendelssohn's son Alexander (1798-1871) was the last male descendant of Moses Mendelssohn to practice Judaism.
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1829· 2 entries
“My father felt that the name Moses Ben Mendel Dessau would handicap him in gaining the needed access to those who had the better education at their disposal. Without any fear that his own father would take offense, my father assumed the name Mendelssohn. The change, though a small one, was decisive.”
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(to Felix), "My father felt that the name Moses Ben Mendel Dessau would handicap him in gaining the needed access to those who had the better education at their disposal
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1786· 1 entry
Died 1786-01-04.
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1729· 1 entry
Born 1729-09-06.
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