What Does Fichte Believe?

The German philosopher of ethical idealism Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814) posited the spiritual activity of an "infinite ego" as the ground of self and world. He believed that human life must be guided by the practical maxims of philosophy.

Was Fichte a conservative?

– Practical: In The Commercial State and his Addressses to the German nation, Fichte asserts itself as a liberal Republican and a humanist philosopher. He is the founder of modern philosophy.

What were Fichtes ideas?

In the Versuch, Fichte sought to explain the conditions under which revealed religion is possible; his exposition turns upon the absolute requirements of the moral law. Religion itself is the belief in this moral law as divine, and such belief is a practical postulate, necessary in order to add force to the law.