Fichte, Johann Gottlieb(1762–1814)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher. The most original and most influential thinker among the immediate successors of Immanuel Kant, Fichte was th...
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The German philosopher of ethical idealism Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814) posited the spiritual activity of an "infinite ego" as the ground of self and world. He believed that human life must be g...
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte, son of Christian and Johanna Dorothea Schurich Fichte, was born in the small town of Rammenau near Bischofswerda in Saxony on May 19, 1762. He received financial sponsorship to...
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"Die Französische Revolution, Fichtes Wissenschaftslehre, und Goethes Meister sind die gröBten Tendenzen des Zeitalters" (The French Revolution, Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre, and Goethe's Wil...
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Adamson's work constituted the earliest substantial study of Fichte in English. The first half of his book covers Fichte's biography, and the second, his philosophies. The chapter excerp...
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Although Dewey's German Philosophy and Politics appeared in a revised edition in 1942, the chapters were revised as little as possible in order to retain their World War I perspective. In a vie...
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In the two chapters below, Santayana addresses the irony that "Fichte, a prophet sprung from the people, a theoretical republican who quarrelled with his students for forming clubs and fighting...
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In the excerpt that follows, Kroner recounts the history of German Idealism, focusing "on the year 1800 in which the period of Kant and Fichte waned and the period of Schelling and Hegel began....
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In his A History of Philosophy, Copleston devotes three chapters to explicating Fichte's philosophy. The excerpt that follows includes Copleston's review of Fichte's life and some...
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In the excerpt that follows, Rockmore reviews Fichte's philosophy as it defined his notion of human activity. Rockmore concludes that "in Fichte's position the attempted solution ...
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In the following essay, Gardiner considers Fichte's claim that his works are arguments for human freedom. This purpose might be difficult to believe, Gardiner contends, until one puts Fichte&#x...
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In the following essay, which was presented in 1993 and first published in 1996, Morrison sets forth the apparent contradiction in Fichte's treatment of women—they both have rights and d...
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Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762–1814)
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Critical Essay by Robert Adamson
