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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) was a German Enlightenment writer, philosopher and critic who believed that truth emerges through dialogue rather than authority. Living at a time when Europe was still shaped by rigid religious and political divisions, he argued for intellectual freedom, tolerance and the gradual moral education of humanity.
Lessing saw ideas not as fixed doctrines but as stages in an ongoing process of human development. A Freemason, he explored the fraternity as a symbolic space where individuals might meet beyond creed or class, united by reason and ethical improvement. His work reflects a quiet confidence that progress comes not from certainty, but from honest questioning.
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