Author: Moses Mendelssohn

Quotes

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

- Moses Mendelssohn

When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination.

When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination.

- Moses Mendelssohn

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence.

The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence.

- Moses Mendelssohn

I am, therefore there is a God.

I am, therefore there is a God.

- Moses Mendelssohn

Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.

Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood.

- Moses Mendelssohn

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present.

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present.

- Moses Mendelssohn

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