Salomon Maimon

Salomon Maimon
Salomon Maimon
Born
Shlomo ben Joshua

1753
Zhukov Borok near Mir, Lithuania, Poland-Lithuania
Died22 November 1800
Siegersdorf near Freystadt in Schlesien, Silesia, Habsburg Monarchy
Education
EducationGymnasium Christianeum
Philosophical work
Era18th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolGerman idealism
German skepticism
Main interestsEpistemology, metaphysics, ethics
Notable worksEssay on Transcendental Philosophy (1790)
Notable ideasCritique of Kant's quid juris and quid facti, the doctrine of differentials (die Lehre vom Differential), the principle of determinability (der Satz der Bestimmbarkeit)

Salomon Maimon (/ˈmaɪmɒn/; German: [ˈmaɪmoːn]; Lithuanian: Salomonas Maimonas; Hebrew: שלמה בן יהושע מימון‎ Shlomo ben Yehoshua Maimon; 1753 – 22 November 1800) was a philosopher born of Lithuanian Jewish parentage in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, present-day Belarus. His work was written in German and in Hebrew.

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