The Radical Enlightenment of Solomon Maimon: Judaism, Heresy, and Philosophy

With Extraordinary Chutzpah And Deep Philosophical Seriousness Solomon Ben Joshua Of Lithuania Renamed Himself After His Medieval Intellectual Hero, Moses Maimonides. This Is A Study Of Maimon, Perhaps The Most Controversial Figure Of The Late 18th Century Jewish Enlightenment. Maimon's Life And Life History -- Maimon's Medieval Desire: The Hesheq Shelomo -- German Idealism In A Maimonidean Key -- From Shelomo Ben Yehoshua To Solomon Maimon -- Literary Afterlife. Abraham P. Socher. Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References (p. [213]-229) And Index. English