Novalis

This volume presents the first complete translation of Fichte Studies a powerful creative and sustained critique of Fichtean philosophy by the young philosopher-poet Friedrich von Hardenberg who under the pen-name Novalis went on to become the most well-known and beloved of the early German Romantic writers. Anyone interested in the fate of German philosophy and literature immediately after Kant will find this collection of notes and aphorisms a treasure-trove of original contributions on the nature of self-consciousness the relation of art to philosophy and the nature of philosophical inquiry. There are also the beginnings of a strikingly contemporary-sounding semiotic theory. The text is translated by Jane Kneller who also provides an introduction situating the Fichte Studies in the context of Novalis'' life and work.