Moses Mendelssohn

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

— Moses Mendelssohn

#also #god #present #therefore #thinkable

I am, therefore there is a God. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#god #i #i am #therefore

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

#debate #dispute #end #famous #fear

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

#eternal #exclusive #indispensable #judaism #religion

Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#legislation #one thing #religion #revealed #thing

Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had helped to compose), were performed. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#compose #except #had #helped #himself

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

#came #company #educated #enjoy #fame

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

— Moses Mendelssohn

#concepts #glass #magnifying #more #nothing

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

— Moses Mendelssohn

#necessary #physical #power #religion #state

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

#art #dead #father #his #inclination