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.

Other Words From

• Fichte·an·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fichtean¹

First recorded in 1810–20; Fichte + -an

Example Sentences

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

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The Fichtean scaffolding tumbled, but these ideas persisted.

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

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

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