Full Idea
Immediately I know only of myself. What I am able to know beyond that I am only able to know through inference.
Gist of Idea
I immediately know myself, and anything beyond that is an inference
Source
Johann Fichte (The Vocation of Man [1800], 1)
Book Reference
Fichte,Johann G.: 'The Vocation of Man', ed/tr. Preuss,Peter [Hackett 1987], p.14
A Reaction
A direct descendant of the Cartesian Cogito, I assume. Personally, if I bang my head on a beam I take the beam to be a full paid-up member of reality. Is it not possible that he also knows himself through inference? Do animals infer reality?