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J.G. Fichte and the Atheism Dispute (1798-1800) (Paperback)
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J.G. Fichte and the Atheism Dispute (1798-1800) (Paperback)
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The atheism dispute is one of the most important philosophical
controversies of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century
Germany. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, one of the leading philosophers of
the period, was accused of atheism after publishing his essay 'On
the Ground of Our Belief in a Divine World-Governance', which he
had written in response to Karl Friedrich Forberg's essay
'Development of the Concept of Religion'. Fichte argued that
recognition of the moral law includes affirmation of a 'moral world
order', which he identified with God. Critics charged both Forberg
and Fichte with atheism, thereby prompting Fichte to launch a
public campaign of defense that included his threat to resign his
position at the University of Jena if he were subjected to any
government reprimand. Fichte was forced to make good this threat
when his work was censured. The dispute eventually died down but it
influenced many other thinkers for years to come. J. G. Fichte: The
Atheism Dispute (1798-1800) is the first English commentary devoted
solely to the atheism dispute as well as the first English
translation of collected writings from the Atheism Dispute. This
book brings together many major essays and documents relating to
this dispute. These include the anonymous polemic 'A Father's
Letter to his Student Son about Fichte's and Forberg's Atheism',
Fichte's essays 'Appeal to the Public' and 'Juridical Defense', and
numerous documents from the University of Jena and the ducal courts
of Dresden, Weimar, and Gotha. Most of the texts are translated
from German into English for the first time, and all are
accompanied by full commentaries and detailed notes. Bowman and
Estes bring to an English speaking audience the full details of
this controversy, which ended Fichte's career in Jena and
profoundly influenced his approach to communicating philosophical
and religious concepts.
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