Full Idea
Consciousness of the real world proceeds from the need to act, not the other way around. …Practical reason is the root of all reason.
Gist of Idea
The need to act produces consciousness, and practical reason is the root of all reason
Source
Johann Fichte (The Vocation of Man [1800], 3.I)
Book Reference
Fichte,Johann G.: 'The Vocation of Man', ed/tr. Preuss,Peter [Hackett 1987], p.79
A Reaction
Strongly agree with the last part. In my conceptual scheme 'sensible' behaviour (e.g. of animals) precedes, in every way, rational behaviour. Sensible attitudes to quantity and magnitude precede mathematical logic. Minds exist for navigation.