Publisher's Synopsis
This volume includes one of Fichte's most important hitherto unpublished works, Eigne Meditationen uber Elementarphilosophie. Here one can trace, in statu nascendi, the origins of his totally revolutionary conception of philosophy. The second part of this manuscript, Practische Philosophie, contains a developed aesthetics, as well as a theory of all spiritual and intellectual interests. In addition, this volume includes Fichte's speech upon the occasion of his initiation into the Masonic Lodge in Rudolstadt, as well as items related to his activities at the university.
