The Ethics of Lessing’s “The Education of the Human Race” [Lessing Society]

Friday 11:30-1:00, Elgin

Chair: André FLICKER, University of Toronto

1. Sophie FORST, University of Oxford, Yale University, “Religion, Morality and Progress in Lessing’s ‘Die Juden’, ‘Die Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts’ and ‘Nathan der Weise’”

2. Laurens BOOMSMA, Princeton University, “Vernunft und das Maß”

3. Matthew T. STOLTZ, Bilkent University, “From Figura to Fingerzeige: Lessing and The Question of Theological Form”