Nathan the Wise

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Overview

Nathan the Wise (originally written in German) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. It is a plea for religious tolerance, and its performance was forbidden by the church during Lessing's lifetime and later by the Nazis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449982447
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.22(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