Commission for the Publication of Fichte's Writings
The philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) was one of the most important representatives of idealism in Germany and regarded himself as the legitimate successor to Immanuel Kant, the founder of transcendental philosophy. Fichte's "Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre", dating from 1794/95, is among the most important philosophical works in world literature and is indispensable when studying the theory of science as such. His "Reden an die deutsche Nation" (1807/08) also made him known to a wider audience.
The Commission is producing a critical edition of all Fichte's works, the manuscripts in his estate, and his correspondence. In addition, Kollegnachschriften (Lecture transcripts) by students who attended classes by Fichte are published in a special edition, and contemporary opinions of him in the series Fichte im Gespräch (Conversations about Fichte).
The publication of the Collected Works began in 1962 and has been finished in 2011.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814). Bust by Christian Tieck (1776–1851), from about 1801/02.