Moritz Brasch (18 August 1843 in Zempelburg,

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, now

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– 14 September 1895 in

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) was a

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and

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. He was educated at the universities of

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, settling at Berlin on the completion of his studies. Finally he went to

, where he became (1874–79) the chief editor of the Brockhaus ''Konversations-Lexikon''. Brasch ranked high among German essayists. He published the following works: *"Benedictus von Spinoza's System der Philosophie," 1870 *"Lichtstrahlen aus Mendelssohn's Schriften nach der Ethica Dargestellt," 1875 *"Die Klassiker der Philosophie," 3 vols. 1883–86 *"Gesammelte Essays und Charakterköpfe zur Neuern Philosophie und Litteratur," 2 vols. 1885–86 *"Philosophie der Gegenwart" (vol. iv. of "Klassiker der Philosophie"), 1887 *"Welt-und Lebensanschauung Friedrich Uberwegs," 1888 *"Philosophie und Politik: Studien über Lassalle und Johann Jacoby," 1890 *"Gesch. der Leipziger Universität von ihrem Ursprung bis zur Gegenwart," 1890 *"Lehrbuch der Gesch. der Philosophie," 2d ed. 1893 *"Wesen und Ziele der Ethischen Bewegung," 1894 *"Leipziger Philosophen im 19. Jahrhundert—Porträts und Studien," 1894 *"Die Facultätenfrage und die Stellung der Philosophie," 1895. He edited: *

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's "Werke zur Metaphysik, Religionsphilosophie und Aesthetik," 2 vols. 1880, 2d ed. 1881 *

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's "Schiller als Philosoph und Historiker," 1885; Schopenhauer's works, 2 vols., 1891 *

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's "Politeia" (German transl. with introduction and notes), 1894.

References

*''Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung'', Aug. 16, 1890; *Kohut, ''Berühmte Israelitische Männer und Frauen,'' part 14, p. 212; *De Gubernatis, Diz. Biog.

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