Moses Hess
Moses Hess was a German-Jewish philosopher, a writer on socialism, and in later life, a forerunner of the political movement that became known as Zionism. His intellectual journey included significant contributions to the early development of socialist theory, and he was a close collaborator and an important influence on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In his later life, Hess's focus shifted towards Jewish nationalism, culminating in his seminal 1862 work, Rome and Jerusalem.
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Background
- Born in
- Bonn
- Educated at
- University of Bonn
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Trending topics shown first"A writer? What education did I receive? None. Where did I study? Nowhere. What did I study? It does not matter. I nonetheless became a writer immediately, because I wrote more than I have ever read; h…"
"The focus of all life is its economy, the mode through which every living creature produces its material existence. I know no other criterion for the evaluation of social life except that of social ec…"
"He who wishes to study the barometric level of spiritual freedom must examine the relationship of the state to its Jewish subjects."
"I was supposed to devote myself only to the Talmud. But the Talmud utterly repelled me, thought I was still a pious Jew-boy . I wanted to satisfy my craving to be active, to do something: this craving…"
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1812
Born
Birth1875
Died
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