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German-Jewish Philosopher, Theologian, Author on the Jewish Religion and Identity, Developer of the Haskalah or 'Jewish Enlightenment'
: A German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. His writings and ideas on Jews and the Jewish religion and identity were a central element in the development of the Haskalah, or 'Jewish Enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Born to a poor Jewish family in Dessau, Principality of Anhalt, and originally destined for a rabbinical career, Mendelssohn educated himself in German thought and literature. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #5 on Education Struggle Quotes >> School and Authority
“Despotism has a definite answer to every question. You need not trouble yourself any more about limits; for he who has everything no longer asks: "How much?"”
Source: "The Modernity of Others: Jewish Anti-Catholicism in Germany and France," by Ari Joskowicz, Aron Rodrigue, and Steven J. Zipperstein, Stanford University Press, 2014. Chapter 2: Jewish Anticlericalism and the Making of Modern Citizenship in the Late Enlightenment, Page 63.
"The Modernity of Others: Jewish Anti-Catholicism in Germany and France," by Ari Joskowicz, Aron Rodrigue, and Steven J. Zipperstein, Stanford University Press, 2014.
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