Lazarus Bendavid

Lazarus Bendavid (18 October 1762, in Berlin – 28 March 1832, in Berlin) was a German mathematician and philosopher known for his exposition of Kantian philosophy.

Bendavid was a Jewish Kantian philosopher.^[1] 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.

• Uber die Parallellinien (On parallel lines; Berlin, 1786)
• Versuch einer logischen Auseinandersetzung des mathematisch-unendlichen (Treatise on the logical explanation of the mathematical concept of infinity; Berlin 1796)
• Versuch über das Vergnügen (Treatise on pleasure; 2 vols., Vienna 1794)
• Vorlesungen über die Kritik der reinen Vernunft (Lectures on the criticism of pure reason; Vienna, 1795)
• Vorlesungen über die Kritik der praktischen Vernunft (Lectures on the criticism of practical reason; Vienna, 1796)
• Vorlesungen über die Kritik der Urteilskraft (Lectures on the criticism of the power of judgment; Vienna, 1796)
• Rede über den Zweck der Kritischen Philosophie (Talk on the goal of critical philosophy; Vienna, 1796)
• Selbstbiographie (Autobiography; Berlin, 1804)

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• Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Bendavid, Lazarus" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
• Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Bendavid, Lazarus" . Encyclopedia Americana.