Fichtean

[ fik-tee-uhn, fikh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1810–20; Fichte + -an

Thesis, antithesis and synthesis, a Fichtean formula, is generalized by Hegel into the perpetual law of thought.

The Fichtean scaffolding tumbled, but these ideas persisted.

It was the Fichtean doctrine of the Ego which gave to the Romantic individuality its character and force.

I have said that the essential points of the Fichtean philosophy of history were taken up into the Hegelian system.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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