1753 – 1800
Salomon Maimon (1753–1800) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish philosopher whose skeptical engagement with Kant's Critique of Pure Reason profoundly shaped the development of German Idealism. His Essay on Transcendental Philosophy (1790) challenged Kant's distinction between sensibility and understanding, influencing Fichte, Hegel, and later post-Kantian thought.
Authored Essay on Transcendental Philosophy (1790), a major critique of Kant
Revived Humean skepticism within the Kantian framework via the quid facti problem
Developed the doctrine of infinite understanding influencing Fichte and Hegel
Wrote an influential autobiography documenting Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) life
Contributed to debates on the thing-in-itself and differential of consciousness