Abstract

The article focus on Leopold Zunz’s very short paragraph on the history of (Jewish) philosophy and the Jews’ contribution to it. Against previous interpretations, Zunz addresses and analyzes Kantian philosophical terms such as philodoxy, the majesty of philosophy, assuming that it does not mean political sovereignty over the halls of science above the playground of human activity. Using the logical procedure of subalternity, mentioned by Kant in his Vorlesungen, Zunz applies it to Jewish philosophers, who should be considered philosophers in and of themselves, and not be excluded a priori from the history of philosophy. According to him, philosophy cannot be reduced to the theatre of the categorical imperative, but nor can it be understood as a whole without considering its parts