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Moses Mendelssohn
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Moses Mendelssohn was a German author who lived from 1729 to 1786. He was born on September 6, 1729, and died on January 4, 1786. His literary output includes works such as *Jerusalem*, *Moses Mendelssohn's saemmtliche Werke*, *Moses Mendelssohns Kleine philosophische Schriften*, *Gelehrter Briefwechsel*, and *Moses Mendelssohns Morgenstunden*.
Records indicate that Mendelssohn is associated with 203 works in one database, while other sources list varying counts, including 29 and 5. He is referenced by 661 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, he has 11 listeners and 34 plays recorded on a music platform.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Moses
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dessau
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Spouse
- Fromet Mendelssohn
- Occupation
- Bible translator
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Family
- Mendelssohn family
- Movement
- continental philosophy
- Image
- MosesMendelssohn-von-AntonGraff-Kupferstich.gif
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- date of birth
- 1729-00-00
- date of death
- 1786-01-04
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- name in native language
- Moses Mendelssohn
- place of burial
- Jüdischer Friedhof Berlin-Mitte
- time period
- 18th-century philosophy
- influenced by
- Benedictus de Spinoza
- writing language
- German
- P8168
- Colette Rolland
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
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Works in European collections
29 objects attributed to Moses Mendelssohn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729 – 4 January 1786) 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 himself in German thought and literature. Through his writings on philosophy and religion he came to be regarded as a leading cultural figure of his time by both Christian and Jewish inhabitants of German-speaking Europe and beyond. His involvement in the Berlin textile industry formed the foundation of his family's wealth.
His descendants include the composers Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn; Felix's son, chemist Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Fanny's grandsons, Paul and Kurt Hensel; and the founders of the Mendelssohn & Co. banking house.
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