Salomon Maimon

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Salomon Maimon
Salomon Maimon
Born	Shlomo ben Joshua[1] 1753 Zhukov Borok near Mir, Lithuania, Poland-Lithuania
Died	22 November 1800 Siegersdorf near Freystadt in Schlesien, Silesia, Habsburg Monarchy
Education
Education	Gymnasium Christianeum
Philosophical work
Era	18th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	German idealism German skepticism[2]
Main interests	Epistemology, metaphysics, ethics
Notable works	Essay on transcendental philosophy Solomon Maimon’s Autobiography Gibeath Hamore, (The Hill of the Guide)
Notable ideas	Critique of Kant's quid juris and quid facti,[1] the Doctrine of Differentials (die Lehre vom Differential),[1] the Principle of Determinability (der Satz der Bestimmbarkeit)[1][3]

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.