Hermann Samuel Reimarus

Hermann Samuel Reimarus (December 22, 1694, Hamburg - March 1, 1768, Hamburg), a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and our own internal reality, so we do not need religions based on revelation.

External Links

• Radical Faith - exploring faith in a changed world: Hermann Reimarus
• Radical Faith - exploring faith in a changed world: G. E. Lessing
• New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. XII, pp. 402-403: Wolfenbüttel Fragments
• Fragmente eines Ungenannten (Hrsg. Lessing (Note that the common engl. translation "Fragments by an Unknown Author" is misguiding; the German adjective "ungenannt" means "not mentioned", signifying, crucially, that the author's identity is known but intentionally withhheld.)
• Peter Kirby, The Quest of the Historical Jesus: Chapter II: Hermann Samuel Reimarus
• Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service: Reimarus, Hermann Samuel