MOSES MENDELSSOHNS ABHANDLUNG VON DER UNKÖRPERLICHKEIT DER MENSCHLICHEN SEELE

Description: MOSES MENDELSSOHNS ABHANDLUNG VON DER UNKÖRPERLICHKEIT DER MENSCHLICHEN SEELE Author: Mendelssohn, Moses Title: MOSES MENDELSSOHNS ABHANDLUNG VON DER UNKÖRPERLICHKEIT DER MENSCHLICHEN SEELE Publication: Wien [Vienna]: Bey Sebastian Hartl, Buchhändler und Buchbinder in der Singerstrasse, 1785 Description: 1st edition. Full leather with gilt-tooled binding, 12mo, 79 pages. 18 cm. In German. Meyer; no. 320. "Izt zum erstenmal zum Druck befördert." Mendelssohn was often referred to as the German Plato or the German Socrates. And “As a Jew living in Germany, Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) stands at a pivotal point in the history of Jewish emancipation in Europe. There were Jews before him who had access to the corridors of power in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, but Mendelssohn represents the first to be socially accepted to a significant extent within enlightened German culture without converting. He not only conformed to the culture of the German Enlightenment in many ways, but also helped shape the culture through his philosophical contributions. At the same time, Mendelssohn refused to turn away from traditional Judaism. He attempted to become a full- fledged member of society during the emergence of modern Europe, while remaining a proponent of Judaism as a revealed religion. Moreover, he sought to use his place of influence to encourage Jewish acculturation in Germany and to speak on behalf of the emancipation of Jewish people…. The traditional mentality of the European Jews prior to Mendelssohn's time included a kind of resignation to the incompatibility of Jewish learning and 'worldly' philosophy. This resignation contributed to Jewish cultural isolation. Alfred Jospe describes the conundrum in which a Jew found himself if he wished to enter the culture of the non-Jewish world: The Jew could gain access to the culture of the world only by rebelling against the traditional repudiation of all mundane wisdom. It is just at this point that Mendelssohn broke the mold. He not only acquired modern German culture, but did so by means of his understanding of and contributions to the philosophy that shaped that culture. In his monumental biographical study, Alexander Altmann focuses as much on Mendelssohn's philosophy and his answers to contemporary critics as he does on the details of the events and influences of his life. Altmann states with appropriate admiration that, “Considering the state of degradation in which the Jewish population lived in eighteenth-century Germany... Mendelssohn's rise to fame and his acceptance into the republic of letters was an amazing feat of personal achievement.” The amazing feature of Mendelssohn's achievement is that he accomplished it as an avowedly traditional Jew. Mendelssohn has been rightly described as a rabbinic scholar, but he made his reputation in non-Jewish intellectual circles as a literary critic and philosopher….with the help of both Gotthold Lessing and the Berlin publisher, Friedrich Nicolai, he was accepted into the inner circle of the Berlin Aufklärung. His essays, reviews, and translations earned him tremendous status among German intellectuals. The favorable comparison made by Lessing between the quintessential German poet, Goethe, and Mendelssohn is a mark of the esteem in which he was held. ‘[Lessing] told Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi that once Goethe regained his reason, he would be hardly more than an ordinary man. At the very same time he said of Mendelssohn that he was the most lucid thinker, the most excellent philosopher, and the best literary critic of the century’" (Clark, 2005. P. 57-58). SUBJECT(S): Soul -- Early works to 1800. Mind and body -- Immortality -- A^me -- Ouvrages avant 1800. Immortalite´. OCLC: 20870198. Touch of shelfwear to leather, binding with gilt-tooling on spine remains very attractive. Previous owner’s bookplate, and a tiny bit of foxing to title page, but all paper is bright and the attractive period-style blue endpapers pop out at you when you open the book, really a gorgeous 1st edition of this Mendelssohn work. (KH-10-21-FWWR-’cclex). Seller ID: 42883 Subject: Haskalah, Judaica (all) Dan Wyman Books Rare Jewish, Holocaust, & Related Imprints in All Languages. We Find Good Homes for Nice Jewish Books. Terms All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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