What God Does Not Possess: Moses Mendelssohn's Philosophy of Imperfection

This paper proposes that Moses Mendelssohn's Morning Hours be viewed as the final chapter in a philosophy of imperfection that Mendelssohn had been developing over the course of his life. It is further argued that this philosophy of imperfection is still of philosophical interest. After demonst...

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Main Author: Atlas, Dustin Noah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Year: 2019, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 26-59
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786, Morgenstunden / God / Imperfection / Pantheism / Debate
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BH Judaism
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Pantheism
B Lessing
B Mendelssohn
B Spinoza
B IMPERFECTION
B Philosophy
B Jewish
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