Quotes of Moses MendeLssohn - somelinesforyou

“ 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. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

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

- Moses MendeLssohn

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

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally from verbal disputes. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ I am, therefore there is a God. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ I am, therefore there is a God. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

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

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man and nature, the latter insofar as they are based on the relations between nature and God. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ Time is a part of eternity, and of the same piece with it. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ Time is a part of eternity, and of the same piece with it. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally from verbal disputes. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ Love the beautiful, seek out the true. Wish for the good, and the best do. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

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

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn

“ You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally from verbal disputes. ”

- Moses MendeLssohn
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