Johann Gottlieb Fichte Quotes on Knowledge
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher and one of the founding figures of German Idealism. This page collects quotes attributed to Johann Gottlieb Fichte on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Johann Gottlieb Fichte:
“The kind of philosophy one chooses depends on the kind of man one is.”
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Attributed to Johann Gottlieb Fichte:
“The educated man knows the world is ruled by law; the uneducated man does not.”
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Attributed to Johann Gottlieb Fichte:
“We do not act because we know; we know because we are called upon to act.”
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“The infinitely smallest part of space is always a space, something endowed with continuity, not at all a mere point or the boundary between specified places in space.”
Grundriss des Eigenthümlichen der Wissenschaftslehre in Rücksicht auf das theoretische Vermögen (1795) GA I.3, as quoted/translated by Erhard Scholz, "Philosophy as a Cultural Resource and Medium of Reflection for Hermann Weyl" (2004). -
“Grundriss des Eigenthümlichen der Wissenschaftslehre in Rücksicht auf das theoretische Vermögen (1795) GA I.3, as quoted/translated by Erhard Scholz, "Philosophy as a Cultural Resource and Medium of Reflection for Hermann Weyl" (2004).”
The infinitely smallest part of space is always a space, something endowed with continuity, not at all a mere point or the boundary between specified places in space. -
“The System of Ethics According to the Principles of the Wissenschaftslehre (1798; Cambridge, 2005), p. 320.”
The correct relationship between the higher and lower classes, the appropriate mutual interaction between the two is, as such, the true underlying support on which the improvement of the human species rests. The higher classes constitute the mind of the single large whole of humanity; the lower classes constitute its limbs; the former are the thinking and designing [ Entwerfende ] part, the latter -
“If you want to influence him at all, you must do more than merely talk to him ; you must fashion him, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than you wish him to will.”
Addresses to the German Nation (1807), Second Address : "The General Nature of the New Education". Chicago and London, The Open Court Publishing Company, 1922, p. 21 | Paraphrased variant: The schools must fashion the person, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than what you wish him to will. -
“Paraphrased variant: The schools must fashion the person, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than what you wish him to will.”
If you want to influence him at all, you must do more than merely talk to him ; you must fashion him, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than you wish him to will.