Immanuel Hermann Fichte
German philosopher (1796–1879)
Immanuel Hermann Fichte (; German: [ˈfɪçtə]; ennobled as Immanuel Hermann von Fichte in 1863; 18 July 1796 – 8 August 1879) was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. In his philosophy, he was a theist and strongly opposed to the Hegelian school.
Life
Fichte was born in Jena. He early devoted himself to philosophical studies, being attracted by the later views of his father, which he considered essentially theistic. He graduated from the University of Berlin in 1818. Soon after, he became a lecturer in philosophy there. He also attended the lectures of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, but felt averse to what he deemed to be his pantheistic tendencies. As a result of semi-official suggestions, based on official disapproval of his supposedly liberal views, he decided, in 1822, to leave Berlin and accepted a professorship at the gymnasium in Saarbrücken. In 1826, he went in the same capacity to Düsseldorf. In 1836, he became an extraordinary professor of philosophy at the University of Bonn, and in 1840 full professor.
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