Immanuel Hermann Fichte
Immanuel Hermann Fichte | |
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Portrait of Fichte, 1859 | |
| Born | 18 July 1796 |
| Died | 8 August 1879 (aged 83) |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Berlin (PhD, 1818) |
| Thesis | De philosophiae novae Platonicae origine (On the origin of the new Platonic philosophy) (1818) |
| Academic advisors | J. G. Fichte (his father) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | German idealism Speculative theism |
| Institutions | University of Bonn (1836–1842) University of Tübingen (1842–1863) |
| Notable students | Christian Hermann Weisse (epistolary correspondent) |
| Main interests | Metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of religion |
| Notable ideas | Concrete theism |
Immanuel Hermann Fichte (/ˈfɪxtə/; German: [ˈfɪçtə]; ennobled as Immanuel Hermann von Fichte in 1863; 18 July 1796 – 8 August 1879) was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. In his philosophy, he was a theist and strongly opposed to the Hegelian School.