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Mendelssohn, Moses

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A German philosopher, born at Dessau, of Jewish descent, a zealous monotheist, and wrote against Spinoza; was author of the "Phædon, a Discourse on the Immortality of the Soul," and did a great deal in his day to do away with the prejudices of the Jews and the prejudices against them; he was the friend of Lessing, and is the prototype of his "Nathan" (1720-1786).

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mendelssohn, Moses'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mendelssohn-moses.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.