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“We would be able neither to remember nor to reflect nor to compare nor to think, indeed, we would not even be the person who we were a moment ago, if our concepts were divided among many and were not to be encountered somewhere together in their most exact combination.”

Quote by Moses Mendelssohn

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Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn, born on September 6, 1729, and died on January 4, 1786, was a prominent German philosopher of the Enlightenment era. He was known for his philosophical ideas and his influence on the reform of Judaism. more

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