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Single Idea 21966
[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
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Full Idea
The immediate consciousness of myself is the condition of all other consciousness; and I know a thing only in so far as I know that I know it; no element can enter into the latter cognition which is not contained in the former.
Gist of Idea
Self-consciousness is the basis of knowledge, and knowing something is knowing myself
Source
Johann Fichte (The Vocation of Man [1800], p.37), quoted by A.W. Moore - The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics 06.2
Book Ref
Moore,A.W.: 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics' [CUP 2013], p.150
A Reaction
This strikes me as false, and a lot of intellectual contortion would be needed to believe it. Is knowing this pen is in front of me a case of knowing that I have knowledge of this pen, or is it just knowledge of this pen? [cf Kant 1781:A129]
The
24 ideas
from 'The Vocation of Man'
23232
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Sufficient reason makes the transition from the particular to the general
[Fichte]
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23227
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Each object has a precise number of properties, each to a precise degree
[Fichte]
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23228
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The principle of activity and generation is found in a self-moving basic force
[Fichte]
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23233
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The will is awareness of one of our inner natural forces
[Fichte]
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23237
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The capacity for freedom is above the laws of nature, with its own power of purpose and will
[Fichte]
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23235
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I want independent control of the fundamental cause of my decisions
[Fichte]
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23230
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Nature contains a fundamental force of thought
[Fichte]
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23234
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I cannot change the nature which has been determined for me
[Fichte]
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23239
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The self is, apart from outward behaviour, a drive in your nature
[Fichte]
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23238
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If life lacks love it becomes destruction
[Fichte]
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23236
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Freedom means making yourself become true to your essential nature
[Fichte]
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23229
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Nature is wholly interconnected, and the tiniest change affects everything
[Fichte]
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23231
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I immediately know myself, and anything beyond that is an inference
[Fichte]
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23242
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Consciousness has two parts, passively receiving sensation, and actively causing productions
[Fichte]
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23243
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Consciousness of external things is always accompanied by an unnoticed consciousness of self
[Fichte]
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23241
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I am myself, but not the external object; so I only sense myself, and not the object
[Fichte]
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23240
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We can't know by sight or hearing without realising that we are doing so
[Fichte]
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23246
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Faith is not knowledge; it is a decision of the will
[Fichte]
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23244
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Forming purposes is absolutely free, and produces something from nothing
[Fichte]
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23245
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Knowledge can't be its own foundation; there has to be regress of higher and higher authorities
[Fichte]
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23247
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The need to act produces consciousness, and practical reason is the root of all reason
[Fichte]
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21966
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Self-consciousness is the basis of knowledge, and knowing something is knowing myself
[Fichte]
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21967
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There is nothing to say about anything which is outside my consciousness
[Fichte]
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21969
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Awareness of reality comes from the free activity of consciousness
[Fichte]
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