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Immanuel Hermann von Fichte (July 18, 1797 – August 8, 1879) was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. Fichte was born in Jena. Having held educational posts at Saarbrücken and Düsseldorf, in 1836 he became a professor of philosophy at Bonn, and in 1840 full professor. In 1842 he received a call to Tübingen, retired in 1875, and died at Stuttgart on the 8th of August 1879. In 1837 he had edited the Zeitschrift für Philosophie as an organ of his views, especially on the subject of the philosophy of religion, where he was in alliance with C.H. Weisse; but; whereas Weisse thought that the Hegelian structure was sound in the main, and its imperfections might be mended, Fichte held it to be defective, and spoke of it as a masterpiece of erroneous consistency or consistent error. Fichte's general views on philosophy seem to have changed considerably as he gained in years, and his influence has been impaired by certain inconsistencies and an appearance of eclecticism,... full article at wikipedia

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