1. Moritz Lazarus, born at Filehne, in the Grand Duchy of Posen, was a German-Jewish philosopher, psychologist, and a vocal opponent of the antisemitism of his time.
11 Facts About Moritz Lazarus
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Apart from the great interest of his philosophical work, Moritz Lazarus was pre-eminent among the Jews of the so-called Semitic denomination in Germany.
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Moritz Lazarus wrote in this connection a number of articles collected in 1887 under the title Treu und Frei: Reden und Vortrage uber Juden und Judenthum.
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In 1860 Moritz Lazarus was called to the University of Bern as professor of psychology; six years later he returned to Berlin and was appointed teacher of philosophy at the Royal Military Academy ; and in 1874 he became professor of philosophy at the university of that city.
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Moritz Lazarus was one of the founders of the Schillerstiftung and for many years its president; he was curator of the Victoria Lyceum.
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Moritz Lazarus took an active part in the public and spiritual life of the Prussian Jews.
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Moritz Lazarus was vice-president of the Russian Auxiliary Committee and of the Romanian Committee.
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Moritz Lazarus was furthermore one of the founders of the Lehranstalt fur die Wissenschaft des Judenthums of Berlin, and for many years president of its board of curators.
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Moritz Lazarus was a very effective and popular public speaker.
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Moritz Lazarus devoted much time and energy to combating that antisemitism which took its rise in Germany about 1878.
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Moritz Lazarus was one of the most prominent Jewish apologists of his time.