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‎Fichte‎

‎Die Bestimmung des Menschen. - [FICHTE'S DEFENCE - POSSIBLY HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT]‎

‎Berlin, in der Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1800. 8vo. Cont. hcalf w. signs of wear. Upper capital worn, crack to lower front hinge. Corners bumped. Old stamps to title-page and verso of t-p. Some brownspotting. VI, 338 pp.‎

‎First edition of Fichte's important ""The Vocation of Man"", the first (and best) work he wrote after having been dismissed from Jena.In the beginning of the 1790'ies Fichte wrote the work ""Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbahrung"", which Kant approved of and found a publisher for. The work appeared without mention of author on the title-page, and the work was immediately ascribed to Kant, -a better mistake could not have happened for Fichte, and when Kant corrected it, Fichte's reputation was secured. Already at the end of 1793 he was offered a chair teaching philosophy at the University of Jena. In Jena he published several important works, and in 1798 he published an essay ""On the Basis of Our Belief in a Divine Governance of the World"". In this short essay he wished to indicate how a philosophy of religion should be developed in accordance with the principles developed in his ""Wissenschaftslehre"". Because of this Fichte was accused of atheism, and as a consequence he was forced t leave his position and Jena. The matter had greatly escalated and involved a great number of German writers, who wrote articles both for and against Fichte. The whole thing culminated, when Jacobi wrote his ""open letter"", in which he directly accused Fichte's transcendental philosophy of being nihilistic, and Fichte afterwards had to flee to Berlin in the summer of 1799.Fichte was forced to live from giving private lectures and tutorials and also by writing more easily understandable works. The first of these more popular writings is his ""Vocation of Man"", in which he presents the main ideas and notions of his system, especially the moral and religious character of it. The work is considered a brilliant performance, and ""perhaps Fichte's greatest achievement"" (Encycl. Britt.). It was a direct response to Jacobi's misunderstood attack, which had just lost him his position. Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814) was of one of the founding thinkers of German idealism. He is considered a very important philosopher in at least two respects: 1) as the uniter of the ideas of the two great - Kant and Hegel -, and as an important philosopher in himself, who has contributed originally to the philosophy of the self. By some he is considered the father of German nationalism.‎

‎Grundlage des Naturrechts nach Principien der Wissenschaftslehre. 2 vols. - [INTRODUCING FICHTE'S SYSTEM OF ETHICAL IDEALISM]‎

‎Iena und Leipzig, Christian Ernst Gabler, 1796 & 1797. 8vo. In contemporary mabled paper covered boards with paper title-label to spine. Extremities with wear and capitals and hinges missing some of the marbled paper. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-paper and title-page. Internally fine and clean. (24), 229, (1, -errata)" (2), 269 pp.‎

‎The rare first edition of both volumes of one of Fichte's most important and influential works.Fichte begins his fundamental ""Foundation of Natural Rights"" with his famous theories of self-consciousness and on the basis of this develops his system of ethical idealism, which came to greatly effect early 18th century thought.""In the history of philosophy, Fichte's thought marks a crucial transitional stage between Kant and post-Kantian philosophy. Fichte radicalized Kant's thought by arguing that human freedom, not external reality, must be the starting point of all systematic philosophy, and in Foundations of Natural Right, thought by many to be his most important work of political philosophy, he applies his ideas to fundamental issues in political and legal philosophy, covering such topics as civic freedom, rights, private property, contracts, family relations, and the foundations of modern political organization."" (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)(See PMM 244)‎

‎Beiträge zur Characteristik der neueren Philosophie, zu Vermittlung ihrer Gegensätze. - [I.H. FICHTE'S FIRST LARGER INDEPENDANT WORK]‎

‎Sulzbach, Seidelsche Buchhandlung, 1829. 8vo. Beautiful cont. hcalf w. richly gilt spine. A bit of wear to spine, but a very nice, clean and attractive copy in- as well as externally. Printed on good, thick paper. XXX, (2, -Druckfehler und Verbesserungen bound in after title-page), 416 pp.‎

‎First edition of one of, if not the, most important of J.H. Fichte's works, -the first of his larger independant works.Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796-1879) was the son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. He himself became a skilled and important theologian and philosopher.In his philosophy Fichte wishes to bridge the gaps between Hegel and Herbert with the aid of Leibnitz. He mainly attacks Hegel for his Pantheism and thus comes to establish a new philosophical movement on these grounds.‎

‎Grundlage des Naturrechts nach Principien der Wissenschaftslehre. 2 vols. - [INTRODUCING FICHTE'S SYSTEM OF ETHICAL IDEALISM]‎

‎Iena und Leipzig, Christian Ernst Gabler, 1796 & 1797. Tall 8vo. An absolutely lovely set, bound in two contemporary, uniform half calf bindings with blindstamped and gilt ornamentations to spines. Marbled edges. A bit of wear to extremities, but overall very well kept. Book plate of Th de Jonghe to inside of front boards. (24), 229, (1, -errata)" (2), 269 pp.‎

‎The rare first edition of both volumes of one of Fichte's most important and influential works. Fichte begins his fundamental ""Foundation of Natural Rights"" with his famous theories of self-consciousness and on the basis of this develops his system of ethical idealism, which came to greatly effect early 18th century thought. ""In the history of philosophy, Fichte's thought marks a crucial transitional stage between Kant and post-Kantian philosophy. Fichte radicalized Kant's thought by arguing that human freedom, not external reality, must be the starting point of all systematic philosophy, and in Foundations of Natural Right, thought by many to be his most important work of political philosophy, he applies his ideas to fundamental issues in political and legal philosophy, covering such topics as civic freedom, rights, private property, contracts, family relations, and the foundations of modern political organization."" (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) (See PMM 244)‎

‎Gogarten, Friedrich:. Fichte als religious Denker. Fichte as a religious thinke‎

‎Gogarten, Friedrich:. Fichte als religious Denker. Fichte as a religious thinker In Russian /Gogarten, Friedrich:. Fichte als religioser Denker. Fikhte kak religioznyy myslitel In Gothic German, Jena Verlegt bei Eugen Diederichs 1914. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb52c3c45018b4d659.‎