For 10 points, name this author of Nathan the Wise.
This writer collected several of his shorter pieces into the work Fables and Epigrams. In one of this man's works, King Arideus visits the titular prince after he's taken prisoner in his first battle. Hettore Gonzaga gives his chamberlain Marinelli carte blanche to get him a lover affair with the titular character of another of this man's works, Emma Galotti. In one of this man's critical works, he argued against Horace's as painting so poetry stricture; that work is entitled Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry. The parable of the Ring appears in this man's best known work, a play about religious tolerance featuring characters like Saladin and the titular philosopher modeled after Moses Mendelson. For 10 points, name this author of Nathan the Wise.
This writer collected several of his shorter pieces into the work Fables and Epigrams.
Gotthold Ephraim {Lessing}