Civil Law and Property Compacts
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
[Excerpts from the book, The Science of Rights,
published in London by Truber & Co., 1869]
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
(1762-1814) is one of the major figures in German philosophy in
the period between Kant and Hegel. Initially considered one of
Kant's most talented followers, Fichte developed his own system
of transcendental philosophy, the so-called Wissenschaftslehre.
Through technical philosophical works and popular writings
Fichte exercised great influence over his contemporaries,
especially during his years at the University of Jena. His
influence waned towards the end of his life, and Hegel's
subsequent dominance relegated Fichte to the status of a
transitional figure whose thought helped to explain the
development of German idealism from Kant's Critical philosophy
to Hegel's philosophy of Spirit. Today, however, Fichte is more
correctly seen as an important philosopher in his own right, as
a thinker who carried on the tradition of German idealism in a
highly original form.
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