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Fichte, Johann Gottlieb - yōˈhän gôtˈlēp fĭkhˈtə, 1762–1814, German philosopher. After studying theology at Jena and working as a tutor in Zürich and Leipzig, he became interested in Kantian philosophy. He received public recognition for his Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbarung [critique of all revelation] (1792), which was at first attributed to Kant himself, who highly commended the work. As professor of philosophy at Jena (1793–99), Fichte produced a number of works, including the Wissenschaftslehre [science of knowledge] (1794). Charges of atheism forced him to leave Jena for Berlin where he restated his views in Die Bestimmung des Menschen (1800, tr. The Vocation of Man, rev. ed. 1956). His Reden an die deutsche Nation (1808, tr., Addresses to the German People, 1923) established him as a leader of liberal nationalism. After several brief professorships, he served (1810–12) as rector of the new Univ. of Berlin. Fichte's dialectic idealism attempted unification of the theoretical and practical aspects of cognition that had been set apart by Kant. He did this by rejecting the noumenal realm of Kant and by making the active indivisible ego the source of the structure of experience. From there his dialectical logic led to the postulation of a moral will of the universe, a God or absolute ego from which all eventually derives and which therefore unites all knowing. Fichte's philosophy had considerable influence in his day, but later he was remembered more as a patriot and liberal. Although he was in political disrepute in his own day and after the reaction of 1815, he became a hero not only to the revolutionaries of 1848 but also to the conservatives of 1871. His political theory had socialistic aspects that influenced Ferdinand Lassalle. His son, Immanuel Hermann von Fichte, 1797–1879, edited Fichte's works, wrote a biography of him, and also did original philosophical work.

See biography by H. E. Engelbrecht (1933, repr. 1968).

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Fichte, Marx, and the German Philosophical Tradition » Read Now
by Tom Rockmore. 214 pgs.

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...Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762-1814. 2. Marx, Karl, 1818- 1883...CHAPTER 1. On Comparing the Positions of Fichte and Marx 1 CHAPTER 2...
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Transformative Philosophy: A Study of Sankara, Fichte, and Heidegger » Read Now
by John A. Taber. 194 pgs.

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Fichte, Kant's Legacy and the Meaning of Modern Philosophy, in The Review of Metaphysics » Read Now
by A.J. Mandt. 42 pgs.

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Borrowed Fatherland: Nationalism and Language Purism in Fichte's Addresses to the German Nation, in Germanic Review » Read Now
by David Martyn. 13 pgs.

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...the nationalist theory of Johann Gottlieb Fichte, national identity is seen...are my own. 2. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Schriften zur Revolution...4. Ibid. 5. Johann Gottlieb...
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On the Unity of Theoretical Subjectivity in Kant and Fichte, in The Review of Metaphysics » Read Now
by James D. Reid. 34 pgs.

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German Philosophy, 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism (Chap. 5 "The 1790's: Fichte") » Read Now
by Terry Pinkard. 382 pgs.

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In the second half of the eighteenth century, German philosophy dominated European philosophy, changing the way Europeans and people all over the world conceived of themselves and thought about nature, religion, human history, politics, and the structure of the human mind. In this rich and...
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In the second half of the eighteenth century, German philosophy dominated European philosophy, changing the way Europeans and people all over the world conceived of themselves and thought about nature, religion, human history, politics, and the structure of the human mind. In this rich and wide-ranging book, Terry Pinkard interweaves the story of "Germany"--changing during this period from a loose collection of principalities into a newly-emerged nation with a distinctive culture--with an examination of the currents and complexities of its developing philosophical thought. He examines the dominant influence of Kant, with his revolutionary emphasis on "self-determination," and traces this influence through the development of romanticism and idealism to the critiques of post-Kantian thinkers such as Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard. His book will interest a range of readers in the history of philosophy, cultural history and the history of ideas. Terry Pinkard is professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and is the author of the acclaimed Hegel: A Biography (Cambridge, 2000). He is honorary Professor of the Philosophy Faculty of TÜbingen University, Germany and serves on the advisory board for the Zeitschrift fÜr Philosophique Forschung.
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Enlightenment, Revolution, and Romanticism: The Genesis of Modern German Political Thought, 1790-1800 (Chap. 3 "Philosophy and Politics in J. G. Fichte's 1794 Wissenschaftslehre") » Read Now
by Frederick C. Beiser. 436 pgs.

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...clerics, or writers. Hence Fichte, Schiller, Wieland, Novalis...of the Viennese cameralists, Johann Justi and Josef Sonnenfels...rationalists were Kant and Fichte, while...
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The Age of German Idealism (Chap. 5 "Fichte and Schilling: The Jena Period") » Read Now
by Kathleen M. Higgins, Robert C. Solomon. 408 pgs.

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This volume traces the emergence of German Idealism from Kant and his predecessors through the first half of the nineteenth century, ending with the 'irrationalism' of Kierkegaard. This book provides a broad, scholarly introduction to the period for students of philosophy and related disciplines, as...
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This volume traces the emergence of German Idealism from Kant and his predecessors through the first half of the nineteenth century, ending with the 'irrationalism' of Kierkegaard. This book provides a broad, scholarly introduction to the period for students of philosophy and related disciplines, as well as some original interpretations of these authors.
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Political Messianism: the Romantic Phase ("From Contactual Individualism (Fichte) to Messianic Pre-1848 Marxism" begins on p. 177) » Read Now
by J. L. Talmon. 607 pgs.

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Studies in the History of Political Philosophy before and after Rousseau, Vol. 2 (Chap. III "Fichte") » Read Now
by C. E. Vaughan, A. G. Little. 344 pgs.

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...CHAPTER III FICHTE 94 CHAPTER IV PAGE HEGEL 143...everything into a question of economics. Fichte and Hegel outbade each other in tacitly...of our enquiry, and for our...
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The Political Thought of the German Romantics, 1793-1815 ("Fichte" begins on p. 11) » Read Now
by H. S. Reiss. 211 pgs.

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...however, we turn to the work of Johann Gottlieb Fichte we shall see that, by paying...quality of his thought. II. FICHTE The transition from the rationalism...OF THE THEORY...