Act! Act! That is what we are here for.
Handeln! Handeln! das ist es, wozu wir da sind.

Philosophers
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Founder of German Idealism (1762-1814). Dropping Kant's thing-in-itself, Fichte derived experience from the self-positing I in his Wissenschaftslehre. His Addresses to the German Nation are a touchstone of nationalism.
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