Nathan the Wise
Subtitle: with related documents
By: by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Ronald Schechter
Contributors: Schechter, Ronald
Series: The Bedford series in history and culture
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, -- 1729-1781; German literature -- 18th century; Enlightenment -- Germany
Work titles: Nathan der Weise.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166) and index
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Introduction: Beyond tolerance : Lessing, Nathan the Wise, and the legacy of the Enlightenment; title: pt. 2. Nathan the Wise; title: pt. 3. Related documents. Jewry revealed (1711) / Johann Andrea Eisenmenger; title: On the civic improvement of the Jews (1781) / Christian Wilhelm von Dohm; title: History of Saladin (1758) / François-Louis-Claude Marin; title: On Lessing (1786) / Moses Mendelssohn; title: Theodicy (1710) / Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz