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Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre is an outstanding collection of fourteen of Daniel Breazeale's previously published essays. Each essay has been substantially revised for the volume. The chapters are self-standing, but themes overlap in helpful ways... [The book ] encapsulates Breazeale's decades of careful interpretative work. The book is a major contribution to Fichte studies and to the study of post-Kantian German philosophy more broadly. It is highly recommended for both scholars and students of Fichte. * Michael Nance, Philosophy in Review * Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre is essential reading for both scholars and advanced students of Fichte. One can hardly appreciate Fichte without seeing his work through the lens of one of his most devoted and reliable interpreters. * Journal of the History of Philosophy * Fichte-Studien, alas, is not on the shelves of every university library. But this book should be. Breazeale himself is the undisputed dead of Fichte scholarship in the English-speaking language ... a book of great clarity and insight, the mature fruit of long reflection, and one that is really without equivalent in any language. * Wayne Martin, Notre Dame Phiolosophical Reviews * ...an essential work of Fichte scholarship, a paragon of historical and close textual analysis, and the most insightful work on Fichte in English, and perhaps, in any language. * Gabriel Gottlieb, Mind *

Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre is essential reading for both scholars and advanced students of Fichte. One can hardly appreciate Fichte without seeing his work through the lens of one of his most devoted and reliable interpreters. Journal of the History of Philosophy Fichte-Studien, alas, is not on the shelves of every university library. But this book should be. Breazeale himself is the undisputed dead of Fichte scholarship in the English-speaking language ... a book of great clarity and insight, the mature fruit of long reflection, and one that is really without equivalent in any language. Wayne Martin, Notre Dame Phiolosophical Reviews ...an essential work of Fichte scholarship, a paragon of historical and close textual analysis, and the most insightful work on Fichte in English, and perhaps, in any language. Gabriel Gottlieb, Mind

Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre is an outstanding collection of fourteen of Daniel Breazeale's previously published essays. Each essay has been substantially revised for the volume. The chapters are self-standing, but themes overlap in helpful ways... [The book ] encapsulates Breazeale's decades of careful interpretative work. The book is a major contribution to Fichte studies and to the study of post-Kantian German philosophy more broadly. It is highly recommended for both scholars and students of Fichte. * Michael Nance, Philosophy in Review * Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre is essential reading for both scholars and advanced students of Fichte. One can hardly appreciate Fichte without seeing his work through the lens of one of his most devoted and reliable interpreters. * Journal of the History of Philosophy * Fichte-Studien, alas, is not on the shelves of every university library. But this book should be. Breazeale himself is the undisputed dead of Fichte scholarship in the English-speaking language ... a book of great clarity and insight, the mature fruit of long reflection, and one that is really without equivalent in any language. * Wayne Martin, Notre Dame Phiolosophical Reviews * ...an essential work of Fichte scholarship, a paragon of historical and close textual analysis, and the most insightful work on Fichte in English, and perhaps, in any language. * Gabriel Gottlieb, Mind *

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Daniel Breazeale was born in Houston, Texas in 1945. After attending Austin College, he earned his PhD in philosophy from Yale University in 1971. Since then he has been a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, where is also Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences. Breazeale has been a frequent recipient of research grants and fellowships from such sources as the National Endowment for Humanities and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is a co-founder of the North American Fichte Society and the author of many essays on Fichte, German idealism, and Nietzsche. He is also the translator of numerous volumes of Fichte's writings and the co-editor of a dozen volumes of collected essays on his philosophy.

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