Fichte's Science of Knowledge (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Nineteenth-Century Guide to German Idealism, Self-Consciousness, Freedom, and Moral PhilosophyBy Charles Carroll Everett
Length8h 20m
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Fichte's Science of Knowledge is a lucid nineteenth-century exposition of Johann Gottlieb Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre, the ambitious attempt to ground philosophy in the self-positing activity of the ego. Everett presents Fichte not as an abstruse system-builder but as a thinker whose idealism seeks to explain knowledge, freedom, duty, and the moral structure of experience. Written in a measured, pedagogical style, the book belongs to the Anglophone reception of German Idealism, clarifying a notoriously difficult philosophy for readers shaped by theology, ethics, and post-Kantian metaphysics. Charles Carroll Everett, an American philosopher, Unitarian theologian, and longtime dean of Harvard Divinity School, was deeply engaged with the relation between religious faith and modern speculative thought. His interest in Fichte reflects his broader intellectual project: to show that idealist philosophy could illuminate moral personality, spiritual freedom, and the foundations of religion without retreating into dogmatism. Everett's theological training and academic vocation equipped him to translate Fichte's rigorous abstractions into a language of ethical and spiritual significance. This book is recommended for readers seeking a concise but serious entrance into Fichte's philosophy and its wider importance. Students of German Idealism, theology, intellectual history, and moral philosophy will find Everett's account especially valuable as both interpretation and historical document.
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Audiobook details
GenrePhilosophy
Length8 hrs 20 mins
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Publish dateDec 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
20I. PERCEPTION.
2Fichte's Science of Knowledge
21II. THOUGHT.
3PREFACE.
22III. THE POWER OF JUDGMENT, AND ITS RELATION TO THE UNDERSTANDING.
4FICHTE’S SCIENCE OF KNOWLEDGE.
23IV. THE REASON.
5CHAPTER I.
24V. THE HIGHEST ACT OF ABSTRACTION, AND THE FINAL RELATION OF THE NOT-ME TO THE I.
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6CHAPTER II.
25CHAPTER X.
7I. The Deduction of the Categories.
26I. THE LONGING FOR CHANGE.
8II. The Thing-in-itself.
27II. THE OBJECTIVE WORLD.
9III. Problems Suggested by the Practical Reason.
28III. THE WORLD OP OBJECTS.
10IV. Unity in General.
29IV. SPACE.
11CHAPTER III.
30V. TIME.
12I. The A PRIORI Method in Philosophy
31VI. THE NATURE OF THE CHANGE DESIRED.
13II. The Ultimate Reality.
32VII. THE LONGING FOR HARMONY AND COMPLETENESS.
14CHAPTER IV.
33VIII. THE ABSOLUTE HARMONY; THE MORAL LAW AND ITS CONTENT.
15CHAPTER V.
34CHAPTER XI.
16CHAPTER VI.
35CHAPTER XII.
17CHAPTER VII.
36CHAPTER XIII.
18CHAPTER VIII.
37Memorable Quotes
19CHAPTER IX.
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