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Essay on Transcendental Philosophy presents the first English translation of Salomon Maimon's principal work, originally published in Berlin in 1790. In this book, Maimon seeks to further the revolution in philosophy wrought by Kant's Critique of Pure Reason by establishing a new foundation for transcendental philosophy in the idea of difference. Kant judged Maimon to be his most profound critic, and the Essay went on to have a decisive influence on the course of post-Kantian German Idealism. A more recent admirer was Gilles Deleuze who drew on Maimon's Essay in constructing his own philosophy of difference. This long-overdue translation makes Maimon's brilliant analysis and criticism of Kant's philosophy accessible to an English readership for the first time. The text includes a comprehensive introduction, a glossary, translators' notes, a bibliography of writings on Maimon and an index. It also includes translations of correspondence between Maimon and Kant and a letter Maimon wrote to a Berlin journal clarifying the philosophical position of the essay, all of which bring the book's context alive for the modern reader.

Salomon Maimon was one of the most important and influential Jewish intellectuals of the Enlightenment. This is the first English translation of his principal work, first published in Berlin in 1790. "Essay on Transcendental Philosophy" presents the first English translation of Salomon Maimon's principal work, originally published in Berlin in 1790. This book expresses his response to the revolution in philosophy wrought by Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason". Kant himself was full of praise for the book and it went on to exercise a decisive influence on the course of post-Kantian German idealism. Yet, despite his importance for the work of such key thinkers as Fichte, Schelling and Hegel, Maimon never achieved the prominence he deserved. Today interest in Maimon's work is increasing rapidly, thanks in large part to prominent acclaim by Gilles Deleuze. This long-overdue translation brings Maimon's seminal text to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The text includes a comprehensive introduction, a glossary, translator's notes and a full bibliography.It also includes translations of correspondence between Maimon and Kant and a letter Maimon wrote to a Berlin journal clarifying the philosophical position of the Essay, all of which bring alive the context of the book's publication for the modern reader.

Salomon Maimon was one of the most important and influential Jewish intellectuals of the Enlightenment. This is the first English translation of his principal work, first published in Berlin in 1790. "Essay on Transcendental Philosophy" presents the first English translation of Salomon Maimon's principal work, originally published in Berlin in 1790. This book expresses his response to the revolution in philosophy wrought by Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason". Kant himself was full of praise for the book and it went on to exercise a decisive influence on the course of post-Kantian German idealism. Yet, despite his importance for the work of such key thinkers as Fichte, Schelling and Hegel, Maimon never achieved the prominence he deserved. Today interest in Maimon's work is increasing rapidly, thanks in large part to prominent acclaim by Gilles Deleuze. This long-overdue translation brings Maimon's seminal text to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The text includes a comprehensive introduction, a glossary, translator's notes and a full bibliography.It also includes translations of correspondence between Maimon and Kant and a letter Maimon wrote to a Berlin journal clarifying the philosophical position of the Essay, all of which bring alive the context of the book's publication for the modern reader.

Der »Versuch über die Transzendentalphilosophie« ist eine produktive und radikale Kritik an Kants Philosophie. Maimon (1753–1800) stellt hier die transzendentale Deduktion Kants und das Beweisziel einer »Theorie der Erfahrung« in Frage und präsentiert eine Kombination der kritischen Philosophie Kants mit Spinozas, Humes und Leibnizens Systemen.Salomon Maimons »Versuch über die Transzendentalphilosophie« aus dem Jahre 1790 ist aus ''Anmerkungen'' zu Immanuel Kants »Kritik der reinen Vernunft« entstanden. Maimon, der das Werk des Deutschen zwar als unwiderlegbar, jedoch unzulänglich erachtete, verarbeitet hier Einflüsse unterschiedlichster Art: Mit einer Erneuerung skeptischer Argumente wendet er sich gegen die transzendentale Deduktion Kants und das Beweisziel einer »Theorie der Erfahrung« (Hermann Cohen).So legt Maimon mit dem »Versuch über die Transzendentalphilosophie« eine radikale, zugleich auch produktive Kritik an Kants Philosophie vor, welche, so Johann Gottlieb Fichtes Überzeugung, dadurch »von Grund aus umgestoßen ist«. Insbesondere innerhalb der Forschung zum deutschen Idealismus gebührt ihm daher hohe Aufmerksamkeit. Fichte beispielsweise entwickelte die richtungweisenden Ansätze Maimons in seiner Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre weiter. Jedoch enthält das Werk des litauischen Philosophen auch zahlreiche Argumente der späteren Kant-Kritik, wie etwa des Neukantianismus. Zudem gilt es, Maimons Synthese der kritischen Philosophie Immanuel Kants mit »Baruch de Spinozas, David Humes und Leibnitzens Systemen« auch als eigenständige Position, als »Vereinigungspunkt« der Philosophie zu würdigen.Kant selbst war hinsichtlich des Werkes der Meinung, »dass nicht allein niemand von meinen Gegnern mich und die Hauptfrage so wohl verstanden, sondern nur wenige zu dergleichen tiefen Untersuchungen soviel Scharfsinn besitzen möchten, als Hr. Maymon« (aus einem Brief an Markus Herz). Solch eine Anerkennung des großen Philosophen unterstreicht abermals die Bedeutung des Versuches über die Tranzendentalphilosophie innerhalb der Kant-Kritik.