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.
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This book provides both an intellectual biography of Salomon Maimon and an English language translation of his essays on moral psychology. "Salomon Maimon (1753–1800) is one of the most acute, original, and complicated philosophers, and one of the most fascinating personalities, of the eighteenth century" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
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“Arguably, Salomon Maimon was the greatest Jewish philosopher after Spinoza. [. . .] This fascinating collection of Maimon’s last essays is another testimony for the originality of a genius who dared to philosophize without commitments to the fairy tales, common sense and good taste conventions of current society.” Yitzhak Y. Melamed, Professor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
“. . . this volume will be essential reading for anyone who is interested in ethics, especially but not only Kantian ethics, and in Jewish philosophy.” Paul Franks, Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies at Yale University
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ISBN
9780878203017
Publisert
2021-05-21
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Hebrew Union College Press,U.S.
Vekt
445 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Antall sider
176
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Timothy Sean Quinn is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio.