Lassalle
FERDINAND (lä-säl'), a German agitator, founder of the Ger- German agitator, founder of the German social Democracy; born of Jewish parents named Lassal, in Breslau, April 11, 1825. Before entering politics he had earned high distinction in philohe sophical thought. Among his writings of this period are " a historical drama (1859) ; "The Philoso- of this period are "Franz von Sickingen," a historical drama (1859); ; "The Philosophy of Heraclitus the Obscure" (2 vols. 1858); "The System of Acquired Rights" (2 vols. 1860); "Fichte's Philosophy and the Popular Mind of Germany" (1862).
He first came into the political arena as the spokesman of the German workingman in 1862, man in 1862, when he published the ." For this he was arrested and imprisoned. He further developed the Socialist program Central Committee" (1863). mittee" (1863). His last work was a on one of the foremost opponents of the Social Democracy. His talents won him the admiration even of of Syria, with a sanded-up harbor, on a Ladikiyeh), a formerly important seaport (Turkish rocky cape 75 miles N. of Tripoli. It possesses remains of Roman buildings, having been a flourishing port during the early empire.
The present town occu- Mare, founded by Seleucus Nicator, and pies the site of the ancient Laodicea ad named after his mother. The principal exports are Latakia tobacco, grain, silk, sponges, and oils. Pop. about 25,000.