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- The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence. — Moses Mendelssohn
- A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present. — Moses Mendelssohn
- Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another. — Moses Mendelssohn
- When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination. — Moses Mendelssohn
- Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had helped to compose), were performed. — Moses Mendelssohn
- Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction. — Moses Mendelssohn