“Only by limitation does a certain industry become the property of the class that deals with it”
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher who became a founding figure of German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant.
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Born 19 May 1762 · Died 27 January 1814 · Q102585
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2021· 1 entry
Badische Zeitung: Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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2016· 1 entry
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Frankfurter Anthologie: Johann Gottlieb Fichte: „Petrarka’s 63stes Sonett nach Laura’s Tode“
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2014· 2 entries
T-Online: 200. Todestag: Wer kennt Johann Gottlieb Fichte noch?
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Berliner Zeitung: Johann Gottlieb Fichte: Im Steinregen ist gut philosophieren
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2012· 3 entries
NDR: Johann Gottlieb Fichte: Philosoph der Freiheit
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WDR: Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Philosoph (Geburtstag 19.05.1762)
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idw: Johann Gottlieb Fichte-Gesamtausgabe zum Jubiläumsjahr 2012 in 42 Bänden abgeschlossen
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2010· 2 entries
Bayerischer Rundfunk: Johann Gottlieb Fichte Die Bestimmung des Menschen
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idw: Johann Gottlieb Fichte: Ein Klassiker der Vernunftrechtslehre
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2004· 1 entry
“Philosophy as a Cultural Resource and Medium of Reflection for Hermann Weyl”
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1879· 1 entry
“s difficult style produced works that were barely intelligible. On the other hand, Fichte acknowledged the difficulty, but argued that his works were clear and transparent to those who made the effort to think without preconceptions and prejudices. Fichte did not endorse Kant”
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1814· 3 entries
Died 1814-01-27.
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“Os teus atos, e não os teus conhecimentos, é que determinam o teu valor.”
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“O saber não é o absoluto, mas é absoluto como saber.”
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1810· 1 entry
The new University of Berlin was established, designed along ideas put forward by Wilhelm von Humboldt
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1807· 1 entry
“Über Machiavell, als Schriftsteller, und Stellen aus seinen Schriften”
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1806· 1 entry
In which Napoleon defeated the Prussian army, drove him to Königsberg for a time, but he returned to Berlin in 1807 and continued his literary activity
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1805· 1 entry
Was appointed to a professorship at the University of Erlangen
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1800· 2 entries
“Commentaries on Schelling's System of Transcendental Idealism and Presentation of My System of Philosophy”
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“New Version of the Wissenschaftslehre”
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1799· 1 entry
“Appellation an das Publikum über die durch Churf. Sächs. Confiscationsrescript ihm beigemessenen atheistischen Aeußerungen. Eine Schrift, die man zu lesen bittet, ehe man sie confsicirt”
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1798· 1 entry
“Ueberden Grund unsers Glaubens an eine göttliche Weltregierung”
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1762· 1 entry
Born 1762-05-19.
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