Moses Mendelssohn Quotes on Mind
Moses Mendelssohn was a German-Jewish philosopher and the central figure of the Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment. This page collects quotes attributed to Moses Mendelssohn on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Moses Mendelssohn:
“I demand only the freedom to think for myself.”
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Attributed to Moses Mendelssohn:
“Reason is the soul's eye, faith its trust.”
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Attributed to Moses Mendelssohn:
“The conviction of the truth must spring up freely in the mind.”
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“Divine religion ... does not prod men with an iron rod; it guides them with bands of love. It draws no avenging sword, dispenses no temporal goods, assumes no right to any earthly possessions, and claims no external power over the mind. Its weapons are reason and persuasion; its strength is the divine power of truth.”
p. 73