manuscript at the heart of this collection and an articulation of the philosopher's Wissenshaftslehre, or overall system of philosophy, that
Fichte discussed in lectures at the University of Jena. Edited by two of the foremost
Fichte scholars in the world, the essays collected here provide a much needed introduction to the major themes of the most important period of
Fichte's philosophical thought -- and thus to German Idealism itself -- even as they make a persuasive case for the originality and continuing significance of the later Jena Wissenschaftslehre.pBeginning with the
Foundations of
Natural Right, several of these essays convey the breadth and striking originality of
Fichte's social thought during this period, and its profound influence on subsequent thinkers such as Hegel. Others offer the most sustained and multifaceted discussion to date of the distinctive character of
Fichte's first revised presentation of the
foundation of his philosophy.
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