By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.

Part I: PubliJohann Gottlieb Fichted Works Part II: UnpubliJohann Gottlieb Fichted Writings Part III: Correspondence Part IV: Lecture Transcripts. After a disappointing interview he shut himself in his lodgings and threw all his energies into the composition of an essay which would compel Kant's attention and interest. 1792 2nd ed.

Like Descartes and Kant before him he was motivated by the problem of subjectivity and consciousness. Fichte also wrote works of political philosophy and is considered one of the fathers of German nationalism. Fichte is often perceived as a figure whose philosophy forms a bridge between the ideas of Kant and those of the German Idealist Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.