Philosopher
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Overview
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (; German: [ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈeːfʁa.ɪm ˈlɛsɪŋ] ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic. He was a representative of the Enlightenment. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg in his role at Abel Seyler's Hamburg National Theatre. The word "dramaturgy" first appears in his work Hamburg Dramaturgy.
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Philosophers who discussed Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Giordano Bruno
- Immanuel Kant
- Friedrich Schleiermacher
- Hermann Lotze
- Leo Strauss
- Johann Georg Hamann
- Søren Kierkegaard
- Jean Bodin
- Johann Gottfried Herder
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Baruch Spinoza
- Moses Hess
- Paul Tillich
- Moses Mendelssohn
- Max Bernhard Weinstein
- Joseph Kleutgen
- Henry E. Allison
- Thomas Abbt
- Ágnes Heller
- Ionel Gherea
Ideas Gotthold Ephraim Lessing discusses
- Philosophy
- Judaism
- Kabbalah
- Pietism
- Archimedes
- Seven Years' War
- Metaphor
- Revelation
- Age of Enlightenment
- Religious tolerance
- William Shakespeare
- Baruch Spinoza
- Moses Mendelssohn
- Literary theory
- Literary criticism
- Sturm und Drang
- Miracle
- Christianity
- Islam
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Classicism
Place in the tradition
Part of Classicism.