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Science of Knowledge: With the First and Second Introductions
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Kexuan Yang | 19 comments The site's dealing with Fichte's various versions of Wissenschaftslehre is in a terrible mess. The problem is that Fichte presented his Wissenschaftslehre for many times during his life, and they are different books covering similar contents instead of different versions of the same book. So they should be separated. The three major presentations are:

1. The 1794 Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre. This is the magnum opus of Fichte and the main page of the entry

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

is this version. It should be combined with this

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

entry.

2. The 1797 Versuch einer neuen Darstellung der Wissenschaftslehre. It is indeed the "First and Second Introductions" in the title of the main entry, but it should be considered as an attached part rather than the main body of the book, as the word "with" suggests.

3. The Wissenschaftlehre 1804. It is a presentation of Fichte's late system can should not be confused with the 1794 presentation. However, the page

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

is merged into the main entry as if it is just another version. It (and everything written in 1804) should be separated.

I know that merging is the job for super librarians. But separation can be done. At least the 1804 presentations should be separated from the main entry. It is not the same book and presents a somewhat different system.

Thanks!


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