Moses Mendelssohn A Biographical Study

, by Altmann, Alexander

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ISBN: 9781874774532 | 1874774536
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Copyright: 9/1/1998

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List of Illustrations

(2)

Preface

xiii

CHAPTER ONE Years of Growth

(89)

Childhood in Dessau

(12)

The Early Years in Berlin

(10)

The Budding Philosopher

(11)

Lessing

(14)

The Metaphysician

(15)

The Bel Esprit

(9)

A Learned Society

(9)

Kohelet Mussar

(9)

CHAPTER TWO Maturity and Fame

(102)

Marriage and Family Life

(8)

Thomas Abbt

100

(12)

The Prize-Essay

112

(18)

The Correspondence about the Vocation of Man

130

(10)

The Phaedon

140

(18)

Questions and Answers

158

(21)

Cognate Hebrew Writings

179

(15)

CHAPTER THREE Turning Point: The Lavater Affair

194

(70)

"Juif de Berlin"

194

(7)

The Prehistory of the Lavater Affair

201

(8)

Lavater's Challenge and Mendelssohn's Reply

209

(14)

First Reactions and Behind-the-Scene Activities; Lavater's Reply and Mendelssohn's Epilogue

223

(11)

Reverberations of the Conflict

234

(8)

Literary Concerns and Another Lavater Episode

242

(22)

CHAPTER FOUR Changes in the Pattern of Life

264

(82)

The Strange Illness

264

(7)

Ups and Downs: A Chronicle of Events

271

(15)

Hebraica and Judaica

286

(9)

The Chronicle Continued

295

(18)

Some Philosophical Preoccupations

313

(16)

Friends in Unexpected Quarters

329

(17)

CHAPTER FIVE The Teacher

346

(75)

The Avant-Garde of Haskala

346

(22)

The German Translation of the Pentateuch

368

(15)

Obstacles on the Road

383

(22)

Completing the Work

405

(16)

CHAPTER SIX Political Reformer

421

(132)

Spokesman of his People

421

(28)

Cooperation with Dohm

449

(12)

A Momentous Event and a New Tract for the Times

461

(13)

The Issue of Educational Reform

474

(15)

The Summer of 1782

489

(25)

Jerusalem

514

(39)

CHAPTER SEVEN Strains and Stresses

553

(85)

Friendship with Lessing: The Last Phase

553

(29)

A Projected Essay on Lessing's Character

582

(11)

Jacobi's Attitude toward Mendelssohn: Antecedents of their Conflict

593

(10)

An Uneasy Correspondence

603

(35)

CHAPTER EIGHT Guardian of the Enlightenment

638

(122)

The Contest

638

(15)

Literary Activity: 1783-1785

653

(18)

Morning Hours

671

(27)

In Combat

698

(14)

The Social and Domestic Scene

712

(17)

The End

729

(15)

Epilogue

744

(16)

Notes

760

(116)

Index of Subjects and Names

876

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Moses Mendelssohn A Biographical Study

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