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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971820203321

Autore

Arkush Allan <1949->

Titolo

Moses Mendelssohn and the Enlightenment / / Allan Arkush

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1994

ISBN

9780791495261

0791495264

9780585045054

0585045054

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 304 p. )

Collana

SUNY series in Judaica

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Enlightenment

Jewish philosophy

Haskalah

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Content -- The Leibniz -Wolffian Background -- Mendelssohn's Natural Theology -- The Crisis of Reason -- Religion, Morality, and Politics -- Spinoza and Other Adversaries -- Mendelssohn's Difense of Judaism -- Refashioning Judaism -- Back Matter -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Moses Mendelssohn, the author of numerous works on natural theology and ethics, was also the first modern philosopher of Judaism. This book places Mendelssohn's thought within the context of the Leibnizian-Wolffian school, the writings of Kant and Lessing and other major figures of the Enlightenment, and within the age-old tradition of Jewish rationalism. More than any previous treatment of this subject, it questions the extent to which Mendelssohn truly succeeded in reconciling his allegiance to the philosophy of the Enlightenment with his adherence to Judaism.