Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

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Born	January 25, 1743 • Düsseldorf • Bavaria • Berg
Died	March 10, 1819 (aged 76) • Munich
Notable Works	“David Hume über den Glauben, oder Idealismus und Realismus” • “Über die Lehre des Spinoza, in Briefen an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn”

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