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Fichtean

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[fik-tee-uhn, fikh-] / ˈfɪk ti ən, ˈfɪx- /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Johann Fichte.


noun

  1. an adherent or advocate of this philosophy.

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Etymology

Origin of Fichtean

First recorded in 1810–20; Fichte + -an


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Much is fabled as to the influence of Fichtean Idealism and Schelling's Philosophy of Nature on the Romantic school, which is even declared to have sprung from it.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke

In the doctrine of the pure intuitions and the categories, and the Critique of Judgment, he rejects, and with full consciousness, just those parts of Kant on which the Fichtean school had built further.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

Many fables are rife concerning the influence of Fichtean idealism and Schelling's philosophy of nature upon the romantic school, and it is even asserted that the latter is entirely the result of the former.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine

Thesis, antithesis and synthesis, a Fichtean formula, is generalized by Hegel into the perpetual law of thought.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Debarred from accepting the Christian view, and instinctively repelled from Utilitarianism, Carlyle found refuge in the Fichtean and similar systems of ethics.

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Hector Carsewell Macpherson

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