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Fichtean

[ fik-tee-uhn, fikh- ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy of Johann Fichte.


noun

  1. an adherent or advocate of this philosophy.
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Other Words From

  • Fichte·an·ism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fichtean1

First recorded in 1810–20; Fichte + -an
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Example Sentences

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.

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