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- Title
The Philosophical Roots of Moses Mendelssohn's Plea for Emancipation.
- Authors
Altmann, Alexander
- Abstract
The article presents the philosophical roots of Moses Mendelssohn's plea for the civil admission of the Jews. Mendelssohn raised two objections between the church and the state, first, if the state concern with the temporal welfare of its citizens, would claim superiority over the state and asserts its authority in conflicting responsibilities and second, the difference between worldly and eternal matters as not in the best interests of man. He considered the state of nature as a hypothesis from all the obligations accepted by men for the best of society and not as a historical phase preceding the establishment of political society.
- Subjects
MENDELSSOHN, Moses, 1729-1786; EMANCIPATION of Jews; CHURCH &; state; PHILOSOPHERS; ANCIENT philosophers; JEWISH philosophers; PHILOSOPHICAL analysis; PHILOSOPHY &; social sciences; POLITICAL sociology
- Publication
Jewish Social Studies, 1974, Vol 36, Issue 3/4, p191
- ISSN
0021-6704
- Publication type
Article