Lazarus Bendavid
Lazarus Bendavid was a German mathematician and philosopher known for his exposition of Kantian philosophy.
Biography
Bendavid was a Jewish Kantian philosopher. After his graduation from the University of Berlin he lectured for some years on the philosophy of Kant in Vienna. His lectures being discouraged by the Austrian government during a general purge of foreigners, Bendavid returned to Berlin, where he found government employment and continued to lecture and write.Ben David was critical of Jewish messianism and, comparing kabbalah with Jewish rationalism, argued that the concept of the messiah was an imaginary human invention.
Works
Uber die Parallellinien Versuch einer logischen Auseinandersetzung des mathematisch-unendlichen Versuch über das Vergnügen Vorlesungen über die Kritik der reinen Vernunft Vorlesungen über die Kritik der praktischen Vernunft Vorlesungen über die Kritik der Urteilskraft Rede über den Zweck der Kritischen Philosophie- ''Selbstbiographie''