Friedrich Karl von Moser

He was educated in the Pietist tradition at Kloster Berge school. He studied law in Jena, and in 1743 became an assistant to his father, a lawyer and diplomat. Between 1747-67 and 1782–98, he was an active writer and journalist. From 1751-67 Moser lived in Frankfurt. In 1769 he was made a baron. In 1772 he was appointed as First Minister by Ludwig IX. He reorganised the finances of the state, which had accumulated heavy debts. Moser reached a settlement of these debts. His autocratic style of government made him many enemies. He resigned in 1780, and returned to writing. From 1783-90 Moser lived in Mannheim, then in Ludwigsburg.

• Teutsche Hofrecht (1754). • Der Christ in der Freundschaft (1754). • Der Herr und der Diener, geschildert mit patriotischer Freiheit (1759). • Der Hof in Fabeln (1761). • Die Ministerschule (1762). • Daniel in der Löwen-Grube (1763). Translated into French by Antoine Gilbert Griffet de Labaume in 1787. • Geistliche Gedichte (1763). • Gesammelte Moralische und Politische Schriften (1763). • Von dem Deutschen Nationalgeist (1765). • Patriotische Briefe (1767). • Necker (1782). • Über Regenten, Regierung und Ministers (1784). • Über den Diensthandel Deutscher Fürsten (1786). • Über die Regierung der Geistlichen Staaten in Deutschland (1787). • Politische Wahrheiten (1796). • Actenmäßige Geschichte der Waldenser (1798). Works in English translation • In James Schmidt (ed.), What is Enlightenment? Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. • "Publicity," pp. 114–118. • "True and False Political Enlightenment," pp. 212–216.