Maimon, Salomon
Maimon, Salomon
(1754-1800) A Jewish philosophical writer, versed in rabbinical literature, in whom Kant found his acknowledged most astute critical opponent. He wrote historical works on philosophy, attempted to expound a system of symbolic logic, and originated a speculative monism which influenced the leading Post-Kantians. — H.H.
WorksVersuch einer Transzendentalphilosophie, 1790-92; Versuch einer neuen Logik oder Theorie des Denkens, 1794.