'[A] very substantial piece of scholarship which analyses a number of important historical and systematic issues with great clarity and perception. The presentation and treatment of the basic historical and philosophical issues is magisterial.' Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge

• Introduction; 1. Origins of Fichte's theory; 2. The developments of Fichte's project from 1792 to 1799; 3. The self-positing subject and theoretical self-consciousness; 4. The self-positing subject and practical self-determination; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'[A] very substantial piece of scholarship which analyses a number of important historical and systematic issues with great clarity and perception. The presentation and treatment of the basic historical and philosophical issues is magisterial.' Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge

• Introduction; 1. Origins of Fichte's theory; 2. The developments of Fichte's project from 1792 to 1799; 3. The self-positing subject and theoretical self-consciousness; 4. The self-positing subject and practical self-determination; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'[A] very substantial piece of scholarship which analyses a number of important historical and systematic issues with great clarity and perception. The presentation and treatment of the basic historical and philosophical issues is magisterial.' Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge

• Introduction; 1. Origins of Fichte's theory; 2. The developments of Fichte's project from 1792 to 1799; 3. The self-positing subject and theoretical self-consciousness; 4. The self-positing subject and practical self-determination; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.