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Theodor Lessing

Born

in Hannover, Germany

February 18, 1872

Died

August 31, 1933

Genre

Philosophy

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Theodor Lessing (8 February 1872, Hanover – 31 August 1933, Marienbad) was a German Jewish philosopher.

He is known for opposing the rise of Hindenburg as president of the Weimar Republic and for his classic On Jewish self-hatred (Der jüdische Selbsthaß), a book which he wrote in 1930, three years before Adolf Hitler came to power, in which he tried to explain the phenomenon of Jewish intellectuals who incited antisemitism against the Jewish people and who regarded Judaism as the source of evil in the world.

Lessing's political ideals, as well as his Zionism made him a very controversial person during the rise of Nazi Germany. He fled to Czechoslovakia where he lived in Marienbad in the villa of a local social democratic politician. On the ni ...more

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	Haarmann: Storia di un lupo mannaro by Theodor Lessing, Rossana Sarchielli (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1925 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsters of Weimar: The Stories of Fritz Haarmann and Peter Kurten by Theodor Lessing, Karl Berg, Colin Wilson (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nietzsche 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1925 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Lärm. Eine Kampfschrift gegen die Geräusche unseres Lebens 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geschichte als Sinngebung des Sinnlosen 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jewish Self-Hate by Theodor Lessing, Peter C. Appelbaum (Translator), Sander L. Gilman (Introduction), Paul Reitter (Afterword), Benton Arnovitz (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1930 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die verfluchte Kultur: Gedanken über den Gegensatz von Leben und Geist really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1921	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Europa i Azja. Zanik Ziemi przez Ducha by Theodor Lessing, Alfred Tom (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schopenhauer, Wagner, Nietzsche it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophie als Tat by Theodor Lessing, Bernhard J. Schmidt (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Thus even the most wretched individual breaths like a leaf in a verdant forest. His national identity supported him. A revered history receives him. A legitimate culture accepts his voice into the choir of a great community.”
― Theodor Lessing

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“L'uomo è una scimmia senza coda, che cammina sulle zampe posteriori: gregario, onnivoro, inquieto di cuore, mendace di spirito. Ladro, lascivo, bellicoso ma versatile. Nemico delle altre creature della terra, spietatissimo avversario di sé stesso.
(Simia homo sine cauda, pedibus posticis ambulans, gregarius, omnivorus, inquietus cordis, mendax mentis. Furax, salax, pugnax at artium variarum capax. Animalium reliquorum terrae hostis, sui ipsius inimicus taeterrimus).
[Senza fonte, p. 92]”
― Theodor Lessing (1872 - 1933)

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