Moses Mendelssohn Quotes & Sayings
16 most famous Moses Mendelssohn quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a German philosopher who passed away on 4 January, 1786.
“Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.”
“A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present.”
“Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.”
“Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.”
“Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man and nature, the latter insofar as they are based on the relations between nature and God.”
“Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.”
“The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight.”
“Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence.”
“Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had helped to compose), were performed.”
“I am, therefore there is a God.”
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