# Gotthold Ephraim Lessing — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lessing

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

German Enlightenment writer referenced in philosophical discussion.

## In the story

### [28](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/28)

Presented as a German exception due to his histrionic, versatile nature and love for free-spiritism in tempo, fleeing German stylistic constraints.

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