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. Moses Mendelssohn derivedisputeexplain Change image and share on social
Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the sense in which that term is usually understood. Moses Mendelssohn boasteternalexclusive Change image and share on social
The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. Moses Mendelssohn axiomdisprovefolly share on social
The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence. Moses Mendelssohn beneficencelovephysical Change image and share on social
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. Moses Mendelssohn amountdebatedispute Change image and share on social
