"Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the……" — Moses Mendelssohn
"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."
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21 Quotes by Moses Mendelssohn
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For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game.
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The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight
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I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute…
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You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at…
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A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present
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I am, therefore there is a God.
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We consider the beauty of nature and art with pleasure and satisfaction, without the slightest movement of desire. Instead, it…
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The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence
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My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in…
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Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the…
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Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the…
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Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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