Nathan the Wise - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing & Henry Morley

By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing & Henry Morley

Release Date: 1781-02-15

Genre: Theater

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This play by eighteenth-century German philosopher and writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is set in Jerusalem during the Crusades with a theme of religious tolerance. The drama was first published in 1779; this English translation by William Taylor first appeared in 1830.

Nathan the Wise - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing & Henry Morley

By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing & Henry Morley

Release Date: 1781-02-15

Genre: Theater

3.5 (5 ratings)
This play by eighteenth-century German philosopher and writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is set in Jerusalem during the Crusades with a theme of religious tolerance. The drama was first published in 1779; this English translation by William Taylor first appeared in 1830.

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