Immanuel Hermann von Fichte (July 18, 1797 - August 8, 1879), German philosopher, son of J.G. Fichte, was born at Jena. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Johann Gottlieb Fichte Johann Gottlieb Fichte (May 19, 1762 - January 27, 1814) has significance in the history of Western philosophy as one of the progenitors of German idealism and as a follower of Kant. ... Map of Germany showing Jena Jena is a town in central Germany on the River Saale. ...

Having held educational posts at Saarbrücken and Düsseldorf, in 1836 he became a professor of philosophy at Bonn, and in 1840 full professor. In 1842 he received a call to Tübingen, retired in 1875, and died at Stuttgart on the 8th of August 1879. Map of Germany showing Saarbrücken Saarbrücken [ˈzaːɐ̯ˈbrʏknÌ©] is the capital of the Saarland Bundesland in Germany. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ... The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. ... Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (German: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen) is a state-supported university located on the Neckar river, in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

In 1837 he had edited the Zeitschrift für Philosophie as an organ of his views, especially on the subject of the philosophy of religion, where he was in alliance with C.H. Weisse; but; whereas Weisse thought that the Hegelian structure was sound in the main, and its imperfections might be mended, Fichte held it to be defective, and spoke of it as a masterpiece of erroneous consistency or consistent error. Fichte's general views on philosophy seem to have changed considerably as he gained in years, and his influence has been impaired by certain inconsistencies and an appearance of eclecticism, which is strengthened by his predominantly historical treatment of systems, his desire to include divergent systems within his own, and his conciliatory tone. 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Christian Hermann Weisse (August 10, 1801–September 19, 1866), was a German Protestant religious philosopher. ... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. ...

His philosophy is an attempt to reconcile monism (Hegel) and individualism (Herbart) by means of monadism (Leibnitz). He attacks Hegelianism for its pantheism, awering of human personality, and imperfect recognition of demands of the moral consciousness. God, he says, is to be regarded not as an absolute but as an Infinite Person, whose desire it is that he should realize himself in finite persons. These persons are objects of God's love, and he arranges the world for their good. The direct connecting link between God man is the genius, a higher spiritual individuality existing fan by the side of his lower, earthly individuality. Fichte advocates an ethical theism, and his arguments might be turned to account by the apologist of Christianity. In conception of finite personality he recurs to something like monadism of Leibnitz. His insistence on moral experience connected with his insistence on personality. Monism is the metaphysical view that all is of one essential essence, substance or energy. ... Individualism is a political and social philosophy that emphasizes individual liberty, belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence. ... Johann Friedrich Herbart Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776-1841) was a German philosopher, psychologist, and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline. ... The word monad comes from the Greek word μονάς (from the word μόνος, which means one, single, unique) and has had many meanings in different contexts: Among the Pythagoreans (followers of Pythagoras) the monad was the first thing that came into existence. ... Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (also Leibnitz) (Leipzig July 1 (June 21 O.S.), 1646 – November 14, 1716 in Hannover) was a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat, librarian, and lawyer of Sorb descent. ... Pantheism (Greek: pan = all and Theos = God) literally means God is All and All is God. It is the view that everything is of an all-encompassing immanent God; or that the universe, or nature, and God are equivalent. ...

One of the tests which Fichte discriminates the value of previous systems is adequateness with which they interpret moral experience. The same reason that made him depreciate Hegel made him praise Krause (panentheism) and Schleiermacher, and speak respectfully of English philosophy. It is characteristic of Fichte's most excessive receptiveness that in his latest published work, neuere Spiritualismus (1878), he supports his position by iments of a somewhat occult or theosophical cast, not unlike that adopted by F.W.H. Myers. Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (May 4, 1781 - September 27, 1832), German philosopher, was born at Eisenberg. ... Panentheism (Greek words: pan=all, en=in and Theos=God) is the view that God is immanent within all Creation and that the universe is part of God or that God is the animating force behind the universe. ... Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (November 21, 1768 - February 12, 1834) was a theologian and philosopher. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick William Henry Myers (February 6, 1843 - January 17, 1901), was an English poet and essayist. ...

He also edited the complete works and literary correspondence of his father. See R Eucken, Zur Erinnerung I. H. F., in Zeitschrift für die philosophie, cx. (1897); CC Scherer, Die Gotteslehre von I. H. F.; article by Karl Hartmann in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie i. (1904). Some of his works were translated by J.D. Morell under the title of Contributions to Mental Philosophy (1860). Rudolf Christoph Eucken (January 5, 1846 - September 15, 1926) was a philosopher, and the winner of the 1908 Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (February 23, 1842 – June 5, 1906), was a German philosopher. ... John Daniel Morell (June 18, 1816 - April 1, 1891), British educationalist, was born at Little Baddow, Essex, where his father was minister of the Congregational church (1799-1852). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

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