In 1750 he became tutor to the children of a silk merchant in Berlin, subsequently becoming the merchant's partner. He was th
In 1750 he became tutor to the children of a silk merchant in Berlin, subsequently becoming the merchant's partner. He was the model for the title character in Gotthold Lessing's _Nathan the Wise_, while his treatise "Phaedon" earned him the nickname "the German Socrates." For ten points, identify this philosopher and Jewish activist who translated the Torah into German, the grandfather of composer Felix.
In 1750 he became tutor to the children of a silk merchant in Berlin, subsequently becoming the merchant's partner.