Mendelssohn, Moses.
Literature german judaica 1778 | Phadon oder uber die unsterblichheit der Seele in drei gesprachen von Moses Mendelssohn Neueste Auflage Frankfurt und Leipzig 1778, 224 pp.
First edition in German published in 1767. The book has been translated in English and Dutch. This is the new edition of 1778. The book is modeled on Plato’s dialog of the same name and deals with the life of Socrates in a witty and very readible way. Phaedon was an immediate succes, Mendelssohn was referred to as the German Plato or the German Socrates. Mendelssohn was a German-Jewish philosopher. In this book Moses Mendelssohn emancipates the German jews. A treatise on the immortality of the soul. Mendelssohn was advocate of the Jewish Enlightment, the Haskalah. With engraving of Socrates in prison with skull and butterfly.
Half leather binding, octavo edition, in -8, 17 x 10,5 cm. Binding with severe wear, hinges weak. Interior with sometimes severe foxing.
Provenance: With handwritten name: Willem J. Kagenaar on the flyleaf.
[NL] Duitse tekst van Phedon (Phaedon) of over de onsterflykheid der Ziele, in drie t’zamenspraaken door Moses Mendelszoon. Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was een Duits-Joods filosoof tijdens de Verlichting. Hij was voortrekker van de Joodse Verlichting, de Haskala. Grootvader van de componist Mendelssohn. Wordt ook wel aangeduid als Gastarbeider en vader van de Duitse verlichting. Met prent, gravure, van Socrates in de gevangenis met op de tafel een schedel als symbool voor de dood.
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