Johann Gottlieb Fichte
1762 – 1814 · aged 52
German philosopher (1762–1814)
- Born
- 19 May 1762 · Rammenau
- Died
- 27 Jan 1814 · Berlin
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- 19 May 1762BornBorn in Rammenau
- 27 Jan 1814DiedDied in Berlin
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- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
Biography
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (19 May 1762 – 29 January 1814) was a German philosopher, and a founding figure of German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant.
Fichte is an important philosopher in his own right due to his original insights into the nature of self-consciousness or self-awareness. Fichte was also the originator of thesis–antithesis–synthesis, an idea that is often erroneously attributed to Hegel.
Like Descartes and Kant before him, Fichte 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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