His essay "On Evidence in Metaphysical Sciences" beat out Immanuel Kant to win first prize in a contest staged by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences.
In 1756 he published Thoughts On Probability, which contained a translation of Rousseau's second Discourse. His essay "On Evidence in Metaphysical Sciences" beat out Immanuel Kant to win first prize in a contest staged by the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. His work Phaedo or On the Immortality of the Soul describes the implications of living life selfishly. In 1771 he had a nervous breakdown following a dispute with J. C. Lavater about the truth of Christianity. His final work was Morning Hours, a defense of Lessing, his closest friend, against charges of pantheism. FTP identify this man better known for works like Jerusalem, or on Religious Power of Judaism, and Vindication of the Jews, the primary proponent of the Haskala, or Jewish Enlightenment.
In 1756 he published Thoughts On Probability, which contained a translation of Rousseau's second Discourse.
Moses Mendelssohn