Philosophical & Theological Writings
By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
4.19
Format: 284 pages, Paperback
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is the most representative figure of the German Enlightenment. His defense…
Want to Read $ 54.99"I mean this. – Why should we not see in all the positive religions simply the process whereby the human understanding in all places can alone develop, and will develop further still, instead of reacting with either mockery or anger to one of them? If nothing in the best of worlds deserves this scorn, this indignation on our part, why should the religions alone deserve it? Can God’s hand be at work in everything except in our errors?"-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Philosophical & Theological Writings
"I mean this. – Why should we not see in all the positive religions simply the process whereby the human understanding in all places can alone develop, and will develop further still, instead of reacting with either mockery or anger to one of them? If nothing in the best of worlds deserves this scorn, this indignation on our part, why should the religions alone deserve it? Can God’s hand be at work in everything except in our errors?"-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Philosophical & Theological Writings
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