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- “What sort of philosophy one chooses depends, therefore, on what sort of man one is; for a philosophical system is not a dead piece of furniture that we can accept or reject as we wish, it is rather a thing animated by the soul of the person who holds it.”
- “A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.” ― Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
- “Men in the vehement pursuit of happiness grasp at the first object which offers to them any prospect of satisfaction, but immediately they turn an introspective eye and ask, ‘Am I happy?’
- “We do not act because we know, but we know because we are destined for action; practical reason is the root of all reason.” ― Johann Fichte.
- The Vocation of The Scholar
- The Science of Rights 1796
- Introduction to Fichte's Science of Knowledge
- The Characteristics of The Present Age
- The Way Towards The Blessed Life Or The Doctrine of Religion 1806
- Addresses to The German Nation (Reden An Die Deutsche Nation) 1808
- Outline of The Doctrine of Knowledge
The Vocation of the Scholar(1794) by Johann Gottlieb Fichte, translated by William Smith.Upon the progress of knowledge the whole progress of the human race is immediately dependent: he who retards that, hinders this also. And he who hinders this, —what character does he assume towards...Humanity may endure the loss of everything: all its possessions may be torn away without infringing its true dignity; — all but the possibility of improvement.The Science of Rights1899 Kroeger tr 1. I posit myself as rational, that is, as free. In doing so I have the representation of freedom. In the same undivided act I posit other free beings. Hence, I describe through my power of imagination a sphere of freedom, which these many separate beings divide amongst themselves. I do not ascribe to myself all...
Introduction to Fichte's Science of Knowledge(1797/1798) by Johann Gottlieb Fichte, translated by Adolph Ernst Kroeger.The representation of the self-sufficiency of the I can certainly co-exist with a representation of the self-sufficiency of the thing, though the self-sufficiency of the I itself cannot co-exist wi...Die Grundzüge des gegenwärtigen Zeitalters, as translated by William Smith (1847) Full text onlineThe determination to print them (his lectures), and to communicate them to the General Public, must also speak for itself; and should it not do so, any other recommendation of them would be thrown...The End of the Life of Mankind on Earth is this,—that in this Life they may order all their relations with FREEDOM according to REASON.Instinct is blind;—a consciousness without insight. Freedom, as the opposite of Instinct, is thus seeing, and clearly conscious of the grounds of its activity.translated by William Smith (1847) These Lectures, conjoined with those which have already appeared under the titles of “The Characteristics of the Present Age," and “The Nature of the Scholar,” in the latter of which the tone of thought that governs the present course is applied to a particular subject, form a complete scheme of popular instructio...
First Address of Fourteen
1. Time is taking giant strides with us more than with any other age since the history of the world began. At some point within the three years that have gone by since my interpretation of the present age that epoch has come to an end. At some point self-seeking has destroyed itself, because by its own complete development it has lost its self and the independence of that self; and since it would not voluntarily set itself any other aim but self, an external power has forced upon it another a...
Second Address
1. He who must still exhort himself, and be exhorted, to will the good, has as yet no firm and ever-ready will, but wills a will anew every time he needs it. But he who has such a stable will, wills what he wills for ever, and cannot under any circumstances will otherwise than he always wills. For him freedom of the will is destroyed and swallowed up in necessity. 1.1. General Nature of New Eduction p 21 1. This education, therefore, results at the very outset in knowledge which transcends al...
Third Address
1. This method of mental training is, therefore, the immediate preparation for the moral; it completely destroys the root of immorality by never allowing sensuous enjoyment to become the motive. Formerly, that was the first motive to be stimulated and developed, because it was believed that otherwise the pupil could not be influenced or controlled at all. 1.1. General Nature of New Eduction contiunued p. 31 1. Education to true religion is the final task of the new education. 1.1. General Nat...
Outline of the Doctrine of Knowledge(1810), as translated by William Smith The Doctrine of Knowledge, apart from all special and definite knowing, proceeds immediately upon Knowledge itself, in the essential unity in which it recognises Knowledge as existing; and it raises this question in the first place — How this Knowledge can come into being, a...
Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity - all but the possibility of improvement. Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Enjoy the best Johann Gottlieb Fichte Quotes at BrainyQuote.
Quotes. Last Updated September 5, 2023. The Vocation of Man by Johann Gottlieb Fichte is the author’s attempt to break down the steps in developing faith. Fichte establishes “Doubt ...
Aug 30, 2001 · Johann Gottlieb Fichte. First published Thu Aug 30, 2001; substantive revision Fri Feb 18, 2022. 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 ...
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (/ ˈ f ɪ k t ə /; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈɡɔtliːp ˈfɪçtə]; 19 May 1762 – 29 January 1814) was a German philosopher who became a founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant.
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