Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi Quotes on Knowledge
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was a German philosopher whose writings precipitated the so-called pantheism controversy of the 1780s and shaped the philosophical agenda of German Idealism. This page collects quotes attributed to Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi:
“All philosophy ends in nihilism if it does not begin in faith.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi:
“Spinozism leads ultimately to fatalism, and fatalism to nihilism.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi:
“Reason without faith is suicidal.”
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Attributed to Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi:
“We do not so much know being as participate in it.”