
Moses Mendelssohn (1729 – 1786 CE)
Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) was one of the most influential Jewish philosophers of the 18th century, bridging the worlds of traditional Judaism and modern European thought.
Known as the “Jewish Socrates,” Mendelssohn’s life and work left a profound mark on the German Enlightenment and paved the way for the Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment movement.