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The aim of the German nation, according to Fichte, was to "found an empire of spirit and reason, and to annihilate completely the crude physical force that rules of the world." [50] Like Herder's German nationalism, Fichte's was cultural, and grounded in aesthetic, literary, and moral principles.
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Aug 30, 2001 · Inspired by his reading of Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) developed during the final decade of the eighteenth century a radically revised and rigorously systematic version of transcendental idealism, which he called Wissenschaftslehre of “Doctrine of Scientific Knowledge.”
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Mar 1, 2024 · Johann Gottlieb Fichte (born May 19, 1762, Rammenau, Upper Lusatia, Saxony [now in Germany]—died Jan. 27, 1814, Berlin) was a German philosopher and patriot, one of the great transcendental idealists. Early life and career. Fichte was the son of a ribbon weaver.
In 2012 the German newspaper Die Zeit wrote, “The judgement of history is unequivocal. Fichte had an ominous impact on German history. All extenuating circumstances notwithstanding, he is one of the forefathers of German nationalism, and through this played a role in the rise of National Socialism.”.
At noon on Sunday, 13 December 1807, Johann Gottlieb Fichte stood before an expectant audience in the amphitheatre of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and began the first of a series of fourteen weekly lectures known as the Addresses to the German Nation.
Addresses to the German Nation. The Addresses to the German Nation (German: Reden an die deutsche Nation, 1806) is a political literature book by German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte that advocates German nationalism in reaction to the occupation and subjugation of German territories by Napoleon 's French Empire following the Battle of Jena.
Jul 24, 2018 · Johann Gottlieb Fichte (b. 1762–d. 1814) is the first representative of what has been called “German idealism.” He precedes both Schelling, who was considered his disciple until their final break, and Hegel.