▁against ▁Ein stein ' s ▁theories , ▁which ▁led ▁astronom er ▁Wilhelm ▁Fo er ster ▁to ▁conv ince ▁Ein stein ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁more ▁accessible ▁explanation ▁of ▁those ▁ideas . ▁But , ▁one ▁comment ator ▁cont ends ▁that ▁Wein stein ' s ▁summar ies ▁of ▁relativ istic ▁physics ▁were ▁" ted ious ▁exer cis es ▁in ▁algebra ." ▁ ▁Philosoph ical ▁writ ings ▁▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁physics , ▁Wein stein ▁wrote ▁several ▁philosoph ical ▁works . ▁Welt - ▁und ▁Lebens ans ch au ungen , ▁Her v org eg angen ▁aus ▁Religion , ▁Philosoph ie ▁und ▁Natur er ken nt nis ▁(" World ▁and ▁Life ▁View s , ▁Emer ging ▁From ▁Religion , ▁Philosoph y ▁and ▁Nature ") ▁( 1 9 1 0 ) ▁exam ined ▁the ▁orig ins ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁great ▁many ▁philosoph ical ▁areas , ▁including ▁the ▁broad est ▁and ▁most ▁far - re aching ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁the ological ▁theory ▁of ▁p ande ism ▁written ▁up ▁to ▁that ▁point . ▁A ▁critique ▁review ing ▁Wein stein ' s ▁work ▁in ▁this ▁field ▁de emed ▁the ▁term ▁p ande ism ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁' uns ight ly ' ▁combination ▁of ▁Greek ▁and ▁Latin , ▁though ▁Wein stein ▁did ▁not ▁coin ▁the ▁term , ▁nor ▁did ▁he ▁claim ▁to ▁have . ▁The ▁rev iewer ▁further ▁critic ises ▁Wein stein ' s ▁broad ▁assert ions ▁that ▁such ▁historical ▁philosoph ers ▁as ▁Scot us ▁Er igen a , ▁An sel m ▁of ▁Can ter bury , ▁Nicholas