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Sophron und Neophilus, oder Die Schule der Weisheit
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly catalogs (including UNESCO Index Translationum, Open Library, Internet Archive, and OpenAlex) yielded no evidence of any English translation of Ludwig Snell's 1785 work 'Sophron und Neophilus, oder Die Schule der Weisheit'. The author is not widely translated, and this specific polemical dialogue appears to remain untranslated in English.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Should radical thinkers be free to dismantle the foundations of faith if the result is public chaos? Ludwig Snell’s dialogue forces us to choose between the cold truth of reason and the social necessity of tradition. It remains a sharp test of our own intellectual responsibility.