Moritz Brasch

Moritz Brasch (born August 18, 1843 in Zempelburg / West Prussia ; died September 14, 1895 in Leipzig ) was a German philosopher of Jewish origin.

Life

Brasch was one of the philosophers who made philosophy generally understandable through extensive journalistic activities. He edited the works of Moses Mendelssohn , Arthur Schopenhauer and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , among others . The three-volume edition Classics of Philosophy from the Earliest Greek Thinkers to the Present is also worth highlighting .

Brasch was married to the writer Frida Warschalkowitsch (1843–1907). Their son Hans (1881–1915) became a lawyer and worked as a secretary in the Leipzig Jewish community. He was among the first victims of the First World War .

Fonts (selection)

• (Ed.): Moses Mendelssohn's writings on philosophy, aesthetics and apologetics: with introduction, annotation and a biographical-historical characteristic of Mendelssohn . Leipzig: Voss, 1880, 2 volumes

literature

• Adolph Kohut : Famous Israelite Men and Women in the Cultural History of Mankind: Life and Character Images from the Past and the Present; a handbook for the home and family. Leipzig-Reudnitz: Payne 1900–1901.
• Brasch, Moritz. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 3: Birk – Braun. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-22683-7 , pp. 412-418.