Hermann Samuel Reimarus
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Hermann Samuel Reimarus, was a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a stu
Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1749)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic. He was a representative of the Enlightenment. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the de
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
…only three of whom survived him – the distinguished physician Johann Albert Heinrich Reimarus, and two daughters, one of them being Elise Reimarus, Lessing's friend and correspondent. Reimarus died on 1 March 1768. Reimarus' reputation as a scholar rests on the valuable edition of Dio Cassius (1750–52…
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, by Anton Graff 1771
Wife Eva Lessing
House, Wolfenbüttel
Grave, Brunswick