The New International Encyclopædia/Bendavid, Lazarus
BENDAVID, bĕn-dä'vĭt,  (1762-1832).
A German-Jewish philosopher and
mathematician. He was born in Berlin, studied at
Berlin and Göttingen, and for a number of
years lectured very successfully in Vienna in
exposition of the Kantian philosophy. Expelled
thence by a general decree against foreigners, he
continued to lecture and write in Berlin. His
publications include Versuch über das Vergnügen
(1794); Vorlesungen über die Kritik der reinen
Vernunft (1795); Vorlesungen über die Kritik
der praktischen Vernunft (1796) and Ueber den
Ursprung unserer Erkenntnis (1802).