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eighteenth century studies
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German philosophy
Immanuel Kant
Jewish intellectual history
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Maimonides
medieval Sephardic Jewish thinking
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- ISBN 9780878203017
- Weight: 445g
- Dimensions: 156 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 21 May 2021
- Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Although Kant considered him the greatest critic of his work, and Fichte thought him the most impressive mind of the generation, Salomon Maimon (1753-1800) has fallen into relative obscurity. Apiqoros: The Last Essays of Salomon Maimon draws attention to works written during the final years of Maimon's life. These essays are of particular interest: they show that even though Maimon was a self-proclaimed apiqoros grappling with the implications of Kantian philosophy, his thinking remained deeply influenced by his Jewish intellectual inheritance, especially by Maimonides, the medieval Sephardic philosopher. The volume is divided into two parts. The first is a general account of Maimon's intellectual biography, along with commentary on his final essays. The second part provides translations of those essays, the principal themes of which concern moral psychology. The reader is thus able to see the degree to which Maimon, at the end of his life, became sceptical of his effort to unite Kant and Maimonides, and remained a thinker caught "between two worlds." The book concludes with a translation of an account of Maimon's final hours, penned by one of his friends.
Timothy Sean Quinn is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio.
