Philosophy Discussion

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

📍 with Syamasundara ⏱ 47 min
True self-knowledge culminates in recognizing oneself as Krishna's eternal servant, not manufacturing independent morality.
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Śyāmasundara: We're discussing this German philosopher, Fichte. Last... We had discussed the whole philosophy, then we lost the last half of the tape, so

I'll just start where we left off. Just to review slightly...

Prabhupāda: Then why don't you, whatever you have got, you get it transcribed and send it to Hayagrva Prabhu.

Śyāmasundara: Well, I'm pretty much going to have to edit this, because...

Śyāmasundara: Fichte's idea is that the world is a rational unified system which is directed toward a purpose, and that the self-consciousness...

Prabhupāda: It is opposite to that philosophy. He said there is no purpose.

Śyāmasundara: This man is coming about 1800, 1820. Sartre's contemporary. In those times...

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