Ideas from 'Review of 'Aenesidemus'' by Johann Fichte [1792], by Theme Structure

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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

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Mental presentation are not empirical, but concern the strivings of the self

			Full Idea: The intelligence has as the object of its presentation not an empirical perception, but rather only the necessary striving of the self.
			From: Johann Fichte (Review of 'Aenesidemus' [1792], Wks I:22), quoted by Ludwig Siep - Fichte p.62
			A reaction: The embodiment of Fichte's idealism. The 'striving' is the spontaneous application of concepts described the Kant. Kant looks outwards, but Fichte sees only the striving.

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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The thing-in-itself is an empty dream

			Full Idea: Fichte said that the thing-in-itself (which both Reinhold and Schulze accepted) is only "a piece of whimsy, a pipe-dream, a non-thought".
			From: report of Johann Fichte (Review of 'Aenesidemus' [1792]) by Terry Pinkard - German Philosophy 1760-1860 05
			A reaction: This seems to be a key moment in German philosophy, and the first step towards the idealist interpretation of Kant.