Works

//What were some of Mendelsohn's works?//

Mendelsohn was one of his age's most accomplished literary critics.

His most influential work was //**Jerusalem; or, On Ecclesiastical Power and Judaism**// (1783). In this, he argued both for advancing extensive religious toleration and for maintaining the religious distinction of Jewish communities. He urged that religious diversity within a nation did not harm loyalty to the government; therefore, **governments should be religiously neutral and Jews should enjoy the same civil rights as other subjects.**

Another work of his, //**Phaedon, or the Immortality of the Soul**// (1767) became the most widely read book of its time.



Early on, Mendelsohn published a lot of works anonymously.

There were three editions of his work //**Philosophical Writings**// published. This piece of work helped propel Mendelsohn to the forefront of the Berlin Enlightenment.



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