Self-consciousness as a process according to Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Self-consciousness as a process according to Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the problem of the process of self-consciousness of free beings, presented by Johann Gottlieb Fichte in the work Grundlagen des Naturrechts nach Prinzipien der Wissenschaftslehre (Foundations of Natural Right According to the Principles of the Wissenschaftslehre), published in 1796–1797. Politics and involvement in social activity played a major role in Fichte’s thought from the beginning to the end of his career, but the thinker recognizes self-awareness as the basic principle of his philosophical system. The introduction to the article describes the political and historical situation in which the thinker lived and worked. The first part presents Fichte’s theory of self-consciousness as the key work of the thinker. The second part presents the concept of right as a concept of pure reason since right is a direct condition for the manifestation of the practical I and its action. In the third part, the practice of using the theory of consciousness in natural right is shown, based on the example of marriage law. In conclusion and to sum up, the possibility of a practical application of Fichtean philosophical system in contemporary times is discussed.

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