Destination Of Man

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Psychology, Modern, Christianity - Other

Authors: Johann Gottlieb Fichte In Year : 1846

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Destination Of Man

Jane Sinnett's Preface and Author's Preface
Chapter 1 Doubt – The aim of my being
Chapter 2 Doubt - Chain of rigid, natural necessity
Chapter 3 Doubt - I call it mine
Chapter 4 – Doubt - Inquiry is closed
Chapter 5 Knowledge – Wondrous spirit
Chapter 6 Knowledge – Idea of causality
Chapter 7 Knowledge – The world without
Chapter 8 Knowledge - Sensation or contemplation
Chapter 9 Knowledge – Thy system … My system
Chapter 10 Faith – To do is the destiny of man
Chapter 11 Faith – Inward voice
Chapter 12 Faith – Beyond good and evil
Chapter 13 Faith – The goal attained, what now?
Chapter 14 Faith – Causes and effects cannot be my destiny
Chapter 15 Faith – A member of two orders
Chapter 16 Faith – A will which is itself law
Chapter 17 Faith – The Infinite Will
Chapter 18 Faith – Creative life flows like a continuous stream

Johanne Fichte published The Destination of Man (Die Bestimmung des Menschen) in 1799. It was translated into English in 1846 by Jane Sinnett and then again in 1848 by William Smith. Fichte says his book is designed to "raise [the reader] from the sensuous world, to that which is above sense." Francis Bacon said, in The Advancement of Learning, "the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action commonly spoken of by the ancients; the one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the end impassable; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Rene Descartes said "in order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things." Fichte moves from doubt to knowledge and finally to faith in his exploration of the self. (Summary by Craig Campbell)