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Where was Moses Mendelssohn born?

Dessau, Principality of Anhalt
Berlin, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany

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Moses Mendelssohn was born in Dessau, Principality of Anhalt on September 6, 1729. Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher, a central figure in the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) and a key figure in modern philosophy. He is generally considered the first important Jewish philosopher to write in the German language.