30 Quotes by Moses Mendelssohn

Both state and church have as their object actions as well as convictions, the former insofar as they are based on the relations between man and nature, the latter insofar as they are based on the relations between nature and God.

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.

For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game.

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight

You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them originally from verbal disputes

A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present

I am, therefore there is a God.

We consider the beauty of nature and art with pleasure and satisfaction, without the slightest movement of desire. Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it

My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths