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Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762–1814)

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Fichte, though of the first importance as a philosopher, cannot be called an economist. Yet through his philosophy he has indirectly exercised great influence on economists, his system giving in outline the theory of development worked out by Hegel, and applied by certain of Hegel’s followers to economic history and theory. Yet the direct influence of Fichte, through his writings on social and political questions, has been much less strong than might have been expected from the power of the writer and the brilliancy of his theories.

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Selected Works

  • Fichte, Johann Gottlieb. 1845–6. Collected works. 8 vols, ed. J.H. Fichte. Berlin.

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  • Fichte, Johann Gottlieb. 1847. The characteristics of the present age (trans: Smith, W.). London: Chapman.

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  • Fichte, Johann Gottlieb. 1848. The vocation of man etc (trans: Smith, W.). London: Chapman.

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Bibliography

  • Bonar, J. 1893. Philosophy and political economy, vol. 4. London.

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  • Lassalle, F. 1862. Die Philosophie Fichtes und die Bedeutung des deutschen Volksgeistes Festrede.

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  • Meyer, J.B. 1878. Fichte, Lassalle, und der Sozialismus.

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  • Schmoller, G. 1888. Litteraturgeschichte der Staats- und Socialwissenschaften. Leipzig.

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  • Smith, W. 1848. Memoir of Fichte, 2nd edn. London.

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    James Bonar

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Bonar, J. (2018). Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762–1814). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_199

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