12018-07-26T20:24:20-07:00Zoë Wilkinson Saldaña6beb73a90c38e77367b9737ee8e808917759a78e310403plain2020-08-04T14:48:04-07:00Dessau, GermanySeptember 6, 1729January 4, 1786158Berlin, GermanyIsabella Buzynski4c5090420af98824ad786b6dac1f314b9e9f95a8Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was a thinker whose writings on metaphysics and aesthetics, political theory and theology, together with his Jewish heritage, placed him at the focal point of the German Enlightenment for over three decades.