Full Idea
The intelligence has as the object of its presentation not an empirical perception, but rather only the necessary striving of the self.
Gist of Idea
Mental presentation are not empirical, but concern the strivings of the self
Source
Johann Fichte (Review of 'Aenesidemus' [1792], Wks I:22), quoted by Ludwig Siep - Fichte p.62
Book Reference
'A Companion to Continental Philosophy', ed/tr. Critchley,S/Schroeder,W [Blackwell 1999], 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.