Solomon Formstecher

Solomon Formstecher (born July 28, 1808, Offenbach, Hesse [Germany]—died April 24, 1889, Offenbach) was a Jewish idealist philosopher who was rabbi at Offenbach from 1842. Die Religion des Geistes (1841; “The Religion of the Spirit”) is considered the most complete exposition of his philosophy and a thorough systematization of Judaism. He believed there were only two basic religions: the religion of nature (paganism) and the religion of spirit (Judaism). He thought the essence of Judaism...