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.

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noun

1. an adherent or advocate of this philosophy.

Other Word Forms

• Fichteanism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Fichtean

First recorded in 1810–20; Fichte + -an

Example Sentences

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Fichtean

This corner-stone of the Fichtean philosophy was forgotten throughout the uncritical and unphilosophical decades of a mere naturalistic age.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

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

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

The Fichtean system had not yet been fully worked out in its metaphysical bearings, but the strong and engaging personality of its author gave it, for a little while, immense prestige and influence.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke

This gives the Fichtean utopia organized on principles of pure reason; in too many cases the proposals are identical with principles of pure despotism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various