The ''Berlinische Monatsschrift'' was a monthly magazine published by

Johann Erich Biester Johann Erich Biester (17 November 1749, in Lübeck – 20 February 1816, in Berlin) was a German philosopher. With Friedrich Nicolai and Friedrich Gedike, he formed what was known as the 'Triumvirate' of late Enlightenment Berlin. Life From 176 ...

and Friedrich Gedike (though the latter resigned his editorship in 1791). It served primarily as the mouthpiece for the Berliner Mittwochsgesellschaft (Berlin Wednesday Society). It is considered

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

’s preferred magazine, mainly due to its debate on the question of ‘What is Enlightenment?’ The magazine was initially published between 1783 and 1796. This was succeeded by the ''Berlinische Blätter'', published by Biester, between 1797 and 1798. It was then revived by Friedrich Nicolai, who published it as ''Neue Berlinische Monatsschrift'' from 1799 until 1811. In 1998 all 58 editions of the ''Berlinische Monatsschrift'', plus its successors, amounting to approximately 30,300 pages, were digitised by the library of the

Bielefeld University Bielefeld University (german: Universität Bielefeld) is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization ...

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