“The works of Moses Mendelssohn, the most prolific Jewish writer in eighteenth-century Europe, marked the beginning of a liberal Jewish philosophy that sought to promote the humanistic values of the ...

A philosopher and polymath, Moses Mendelssohn shaped the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century. Lackmann is particularly keen to remind the public of this tradition, calling it "a legacy of ...

Jewish Universalisms analyzes how two major figures, Moses Mendelssohn and Hermann Cohen, dealt with the perceived tension between the universal values characteristic of the Enlightenment and aspects ...