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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (/ ˈ l ɛ s ɪ ŋ /, German: [ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈʔeːfʁa.ɪm ˈlɛsɪŋ] ⓘ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–81), thinker, dramatist and controversialist of many-sided interests, is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defence of Spinoza, who had traditionally been condemned as an atheist, provoked a major controversy in philosophy, and his publication of H. S. Reimarus' radical assault on ...
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, H. B. Nisbet
- 2005
Apr 28, 2017 · O ne of the most independent thinkers in European intellectual history, a combative critic and major playwright, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) contributed in decisive and lasting fashion to the discussion of philosophy, theology, and literature within the German-speaking countries and beyond. Lessing lived during the period of German ...
May 17, 2021 · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing lived from January 22, 1729 to February 15, 1781. He was a German writer who had impact on the arts. This was during the Enlightenment era, and his plays and theoretical writings were very influential to this movement. Lessing's father was a Lutheran minister.
- Paul Robinson
- 2018
Apr 10, 2003 · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–81) is held in high esteem as one who marks the cutting edge of the German Enlightenment. He was the very first German to achieve a spiritually and intellectually mature state of being, the hallmark of which is independent and responsible use of one's own reason.
May 29, 2018 · The German philosopher, dramatist, and critic Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) was one of the most brilliant representatives of the German Enlightenment and stood on the threshold of the Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Stress, movement.
Jan 19, 2022 · The enlightenment critic, philosopher, and poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born on January 22, 1729, in the Saxonian city of Kamenz. From 1746 on, he studied theology in Leipzig. His literary debut as a writer and critic fell in those years.
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