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Article: Lessing, Voltaire, and the Jews.(Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
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- September 1, 2001
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No German writer has the prestige of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing as the true leader and exemplar of German Enlightenment and champion of tolerance, particularly towards Jews. He is also admired as a godfather of modern Bible criticism and of the history of religious ideas; he was as well an incredibly versatile scholar, antiquarian, and student of the arts -- a literary critic who also wrote brilliant plays and biting epigrams. Most of all, he is praised because of his integrity and decency -- and his loyalty to his friends (including, of course Moses Mendelssohn). The sad ending of his all too brief marriage to Eva Koenig, and his care for his stepchildren, complete this ...
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