This author of the essay Laocoön wrote a play whose title pious Jewish merchant explains that Ring Parable shows that all three Abrahamic religions are worthy of respect.
This author wrote an essay in which he wonders, if "sculpture could imitate different textures as well as painting," whether a certain figure would "necessarily have been draped." The protagonist of a play by this author discovers that a Christian Templar who saved his daughter from a fire was himself spared from execution by Saladin. An essay by this author states that while painting can only depict a single (*) moment, poetry can only depict several moments in succession. When presented with a dilemma, the title character of a play by this author postulates that a father's plan was "to end the tyranny of a single ring." This author of the essay Laocoön wrote a play whose title pious Jewish merchant explains that Ring Parable shows that all three Abrahamic religions are worthy of respect. For 10 points, name this author of the play Nathan the Wise.
This author wrote an essay in which he wonders, if "sculpture could imitate different textures as well as painting," whether a certain figure would "necessarily have been draped.
Gotthold Lessing [or Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]