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The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon: The Complete Translation

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon: The Complete Translation
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Solomon Maimon
Edited by Yitzhak Y. Melamed
Edited by Abraham Socher
Afterword by Gideon Freudenthal
Translated by Paul Reitter
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenreMemoirs
Philosophy of religion
History of religion
Judaism
ISBN/Barcode 9780691203089
ClassificationsDewey:193
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 3 March 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

The first complete and annotated English translation of Maimon's delightfully entertaining memoir Solomon Maimon's autobiography has delighted readers for more than two hundred years, from Goethe and George Eliot to Walter Benjamin and Hannah Arendt. Here is the first complete and annotated English edition of this enduring and lively work. Born

Author Biography

Yitzhak Y. Melamed is the Charlotte Bloomberg Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Abraham Socher is associate professor of Jewish studies and religion at Oberlin College. Paul Reitter is professor of Germanic languages and literatures at Ohio State University. Gideon Freudenthal is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University's Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas.

Reviews

"Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Autobiography and Memoir"