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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German dramatist, critic, and writer on philosophy and aesthetics. He helped free German drama from the influence of classical and French models and wrote plays of lasting importance. His critical essays greatly stimulated German letters and combated conservative.
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.
Apr 28, 2017 · Lessing worked in many spheres: literature and literary criticism, theology and philosophy, criticism, journalism, and translation. Despite the magnitude and versatility of his oeuvre, one can discern several recurring and unifying characteristics.
Literature and Art. Lessing's approach to the drama was based on his conviction that it was urgently necessary to break the tyrannical dominance over German literature exerted by the established French classicism — a trend that was encouraged by Frederick II of Prussia.
Lessing was a poet, philosopher and critic, and was an outstanding representative of the German Enlightenment. His theoretical and critical writings are remarkable for their often witty and ironic style and their unerring polemics.
Dec 16, 2023 · Whereas the history of Lessing’s philosophical ideas, especially of his understanding of “Mitleid” (pity, sympathy), is still controversial, the significance of anthropological and moral debates is undisputed: Lessing takes in and adapts philosophical concepts ranging from Christian Wolff to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from Moses Mendelssohn ...
May 29, 2018 · LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM. (1729 – 1781), German dramatist, critic, theologian, and most prominent proponent of the German Enlightenment. A son of the city's chief Lutheran pastor, Lessing was born in Kamenz in the Electorate of Saxony on 22 January 1729.
