Nathan the Wise

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Overview

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783752564587
Publisher:	Salzwasser-Verlag
Publication date:	02/11/2022
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–81) is regarded as an outstanding representative of the Enlightenment era. Author, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, he exercised an enormous influence over the course of German literature.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

A Note about the Text and Translation

List of Illustrations

PART ONE
Introduction: Beyond Tolerance — Lessing, Nathan the Wise, and the Legacy of the Enlightenment

PART TWO
Nathan the Wise

PART THREE
Related Documents
1. Johann Andrea Eisenmenger, Jewry Revealed, 1700
2. Christian Wilhelm von Dohm, On the Civic Improvement of the Jews, 1781
3. François-Louis-Claude Marin, History of Saladin, 1758
4. Moses Mendelssohn, On Lessing, 1786
5. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Theodicy, 1710

Appendixes
A Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Chronology (1729-1786)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography

Index