Intellectuals have been engaged in public life since antiquity: from Biblical prophets down to figures such as Machiavelli, Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and other Enlightenment later thinkers. This article focuses on the work of Johannes Reuchlin (1455–1522). Its primary source is Reuchlin’s Expert Opinion Whether Confiscate, Destroy Burn All Jewish Books (Ratschlag Ob Man Den Juden ...