Johann Gottlieb Fichte
German philosopher, 1762-1814
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant. Recently, philosophers and scholars have begun to appreciate Fichte as an important philosopher in his own right due to his original insights into the nature of self-consciousness or self-awareness. Like Descartes and Kant before him, he was motivated by the problem of subjectivity and consciousness. Fichte also wrote works of political philosophy; he has a reputation as one of the fathers of German nationalism.
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To the Berlin bookseller and publisher Georg Reimer, whom he asks for financial support of a friend: “[…] I came to you, partly to give you the enclosed letter from Gabler in Jena and see whether, as it seems likely from the letter I received myself, the contents of the same require a personal meeting between you and me. Partly, however, I also came on account of a very dear and interesting friend, who will be leaving tomorrow evening, and who has requested me to sell the enclosed bill of exchange (the handwriting of the issuer being known to me). Potential buyer whom he has offered it would prefer to wait for notice first, which the owner cannot expect. I must help and cannot without (at least possibly) embarrassing myself financially. I thought of you. Perhaps you can help more easily. – I expect your answer in this matter as soon as possible […] Please forgive this last letter by the unaccustomed pen.” – Reimer published Fichte’s works since 1801. In 1799, Fichte had been dismissed from his chair at the University of Jena and had moved to Berlin, where he lived independently as a scholar.