Copyright and reuse
This English text is provided for convenience. The German version is authoritative.
The text is in the public domain; our own contributions to this edition are under an open license.
The text
Johann Gottlieb Fichte died on January 27, 1814. The edition whose text this digital edition reproduces was edited by his son Immanuel Hermann Fichte (died 1879): Johann Gottlieb Fichte's sämmtliche Werke, 8 volumes, Berlin: Veit und Comp., 1845–1846, and Johann Gottlieb Fichte's nachgelassene Werke, 3 volumes, Bonn: Adolph-Marcus, 1834–1835. Fichte’s text and the editor’s additions are in the public domain; no rights are claimed in them.
The scans
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The data
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Giuliano Infantino, Digital Fichte Edition, fichteedition.com
Citing
Citations follow the printed edition: volume, page, and line, e.g., SW I, 120.14 for the Sämmtliche Werke and NW II, 87.3 for the Nachgelassene Werke. Lines are counted from the top; the print has no line numbers.