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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-81), thinker, dramatist and controversialist of many-sided interests, is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defence of Spinoza, who had traditionally been condemned as an atheist, provoked a major controversy in philosophy,... Read Full Overview

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-81), thinker, dramatist and controversialist of many-sided interests, is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defence of Spinoza, who had traditionally been condemned as an atheist, provoked a major controversy in philosophy,... Read Full Overview

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-81), thinker, dramatist and controversialist of many-sided interests, is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defence of Spinoza, who had traditionally been condemned as an atheist, provoked a major controversy in philosophy,... Read Full Overview

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Theologiekritische und philosophische Schriften Gedanken ber die Herrnhuter: Entstanden 1750, Erstdruck in: G. E. Lessings theologischer Nachla , Berlin (Voss) 1784. Das Christentum der Vernunft: Entstanden um 1751/53, Erstdruck in: G. E. Lessings theologischer... Read Full Overview

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Theologiekritische und philosophische Schriften Gedanken ber die Herrnhuter: Entstanden 1750, Erstdruck in: G. E. Lessings theologischer Nachla , Berlin (Voss) 1784. Das Christentum der Vernunft: Entstanden um 1751/53, Erstdruck in: G. E. Lessings theologischer... Read Full Overview