<sod>At the age of 25 Maimon left his home area for Germany. Maimon's first attempt to take up residence in Berlin in 1778 failed. He was expelled for possession of the [[Guide of the Perplexed|Moreh Nebukhim]] of Maimonides. A later attempt to convert into Christianity in Hamburg failed due to admitted lack of belief in Christian dogma.<ref>''Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography'', trans. J. Clark Murray, University of Illinois Press, 2001</ref> His second attempt to settle in Berlin in 1781 succeeded. After first studying language in a gymnasium, Maimon devoted himself to the study of philosophy along the lines of [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Wolff]] and [[Moses Mendelssohn]]. The latter introduced him to some wealthy Jews in Berlin, upon whom Maimon relied for [[patronage]] while he pursued his studies. In 1792/3 he published his ''Autobiography'' (''Lebensgeschichte''). Maimon never was able to gain full admittance to German society because of his poverty and his lack of language skills. It was not until 1788 that he became acquainted with [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]]ian philosophy, and in 1790 he published the ''Essay on Transcendental Philosophy'' (''Versuch über die Transcendentalphilosophie''), in which he formulates his objections to Kant's system. Kant seems to have considered Maimon one of his most astute critics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thielke|first=Peter|title=Salomon Maimon|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maimon/|publisher=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy}}</ref> Maimon also published a commentary on the Moreh Nebuchim of Maimonides in 1790. <eod>
<sod>At the age of 25 Maimon left his home area for Germany. Maimon's first attempt to take up residence in Berlin in 1778 failed. He was expelled for possession of the [[Guide of the Perplexed|Moreh Nebukhim]] of [[Maimonides]]. A later attempt to convert into Christianity in Hamburg failed due to admitted lack of belief in Christian dogma.<ref>''Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography'', trans. J. Clark Murray, University of Illinois Press, 2001</ref> His second attempt to settle in Berlin in 1781 succeeded. After first studying language in a gymnasium, Maimon devoted himself to the study of philosophy along the lines of [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Wolff]] and [[Moses Mendelssohn]]. The latter introduced him to some wealthy Jews in Berlin, upon whom Maimon relied for [[patronage]] while he pursued his studies. In 1792/3 he published his ''Autobiography'' (''Lebensgeschichte''). Maimon never was able to gain full admittance to German society because of his poverty and his lack of language skills. It was not until 1788 that he became acquainted with [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]]ian philosophy, and in 1790 he published the ''Essay on Transcendental Philosophy'' (''Versuch über die Transcendentalphilosophie''), in which he formulates his objections to Kant's system. Kant seems to have considered Maimon one of his most astute critics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thielke|first=Peter|title=Salomon Maimon|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maimon/|publisher=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy}}</ref> Maimon also published a commentary on the Moreh Nebuchim of Maimonides in 1790.<eod>