PHILOSOPHER
Moses Mendelssohn
1729 - 1786
Moses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729 – 4 January 1786) was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. His writings and ideas on Jews and the Jewish religion and identity were a central element in the development of the Haskalah, or 'Jewish Enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Born to a poor Jewish family in Dessau, Principality of Anhalt, and originally destined for a rabbinical career, Mendelssohn educated himself in German thought and literature. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moses Mendelssohn has received more than 757,736 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Moses Mendelssohn is the 185th most popular philosopher (up from 206th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Germany (up from 377th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Philosopher.
Moses Mendelssohn is most famous for his scholarly work on the translation of the Bible into German. He was also an influential philosopher and a leading figure in the Jewish Enlightenment.
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Page Views (PV)
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Languages Editions (L)
9.46
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Moses Mendelssohn ranks 185 out of 1,267. Before him are Pierre Bayle, Paul Ricœur, José Ortega y Gasset, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Marquis de Condorcet, and Apollonius of Tyana. After him are Bernard Bolzano, Ibn Tufail, Nicolas Malebranche, Jakob Böhme, Emmanuel Levinas, and Pierre Gassendi.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsPierre Bayle
1647 - 1706
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 179
Paul Ricœur
1913 - 2005
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 180
José Ortega y Gasset
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 181
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
1709 - 1751
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 182
Marquis de Condorcet
1743 - 1794
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 183
Apollonius of Tyana
15 - 100
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 184
Moses Mendelssohn
1729 - 1786
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 185
Bernard Bolzano
1781 - 1848
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 186
Ibn Tufail
1110 - 1185
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 187
Nicolas Malebranche
1638 - 1715
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 188
Jakob Böhme
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 189
Emmanuel Levinas
1906 - 1995
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 190
Pierre Gassendi
1592 - 1655
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 191
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1729, Moses Mendelssohn ranks 5. Before him are Catherine the Great, Louis, Dauphin of France, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Edmund Burke. After him are Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, Johann Daniel Titius, and Johann Reinhold Forster. Among people deceased in 1786, Moses Mendelssohn ranks 3. Before him are Frederick the Great, and Carl Wilhelm Scheele. After him are Peter III of Portugal, Maurice Benyovszky, Franz Benda, Tokugawa Ieharu, John Goodricke, Eva Ekeblad, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Antonio Sacchini, and Hans Joachim von Zieten.
Others Born in 1729
Go to all RankingsCatherine the Great
NOBLEMAN
1729 - 1796
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 1
Louis, Dauphin of France
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1765
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 2
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
WRITER
1729 - 1781
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 3
Edmund Burke
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 4
Moses Mendelssohn
PHILOSOPHER
1729 - 1786
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
Lazzaro Spallanzani
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 6
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
EXPLORER
1729 - 1811
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 7
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
COMPANION
1729 - 1796
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 8
Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain
COMPANION
1729 - 1785
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 9
Antonio Soler
COMPOSER
1729 - 1783
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 10
Johann Daniel Titius
ASTRONOMER
1729 - 1796
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 11
Johann Reinhold Forster
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1798
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1786
Go to all RankingsFrederick the Great
POLITICIAN
1712 - 1786
HPI: 82.86
Rank: 1
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
CHEMIST
1742 - 1786
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 2
Moses Mendelssohn
PHILOSOPHER
1729 - 1786
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 3
Peter III of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1786
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 4
Maurice Benyovszky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1746 - 1786
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 5
Franz Benda
COMPOSER
1709 - 1786
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 6
Tokugawa Ieharu
POLITICIAN
1737 - 1786
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 7
John Goodricke
ASTRONOMER
1764 - 1786
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 8
Eva Ekeblad
BIOLOGIST
1724 - 1786
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 9
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
EXPLORER
1705 - 1786
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 10
Antonio Sacchini
COMPOSER
1730 - 1786
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 11
Hans Joachim von Zieten
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1699 - 1786
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 12
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Moses Mendelssohn ranks 304 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Marc (1880), Robert Bunsen (1811), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Hermann Hoth (1885), and Michael Wittmann (1914). After him are Sepp Dietrich (1892), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Henry the Lion (1129), Christian III of Denmark (1503), Hans von Aachen (1552), and Karen Horney (1885).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsFranz Marc
PAINTER
1880 - 1916
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 298
Robert Bunsen
CHEMIST
1811 - 1899
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 299
Maximilian II of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1811 - 1864
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 300
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 301
Hermann Hoth
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1971
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 302
Michael Wittmann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1914 - 1944
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 303
Moses Mendelssohn
PHILOSOPHER
1729 - 1786
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 304
Sepp Dietrich
COMPANION
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 305
Baldur von Schirach
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1974
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 306
Henry the Lion
POLITICIAN
1129 - 1195
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 307
Christian III of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1503 - 1559
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 308
Hans von Aachen
PAINTER
1552 - 1615
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 309
Karen Horney
PSYCHOLOGIST
1885 - 1952
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 310
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany
Among philosophers born in Germany, Moses Mendelssohn ranks 32. Before him are Max Scheler (1874), Herbert Marcuse (1898), Carl Schmitt (1888), Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Max Horkheimer (1895), and Athanasius Kircher (1602). After him are Adam Weishaupt (1748), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Ernst Bloch (1885), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Hans Jonas (1903), and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743).
Max Scheler
1874 - 1928
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 26
Herbert Marcuse
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 27
Carl Schmitt
1888 - 1985
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 28
Ferdinand Tönnies
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 29
Max Horkheimer
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 30
Athanasius Kircher
1602 - 1680
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 31
Moses Mendelssohn
1729 - 1786
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 32
Adam Weishaupt
1748 - 1830
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 33
Rudolf Carnap
1891 - 1970
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 34
Ernst Bloch
1885 - 1977
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 35
Hugh of Saint Victor
1096 - 1141
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 36
Hans Jonas
1903 - 1993
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 37
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
1743 - 1819
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 38