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Address to the German Nation

The Addresses to the German Nation is a political literature book by German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte that advocates German nationalism in reaction to the occupation and subjugation of German territories by Napoleon's French Empire. Fichte evoked a sense of German distinctiveness in language, tradition, and literature that composed a common identity.


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“If you want to influence him at all, you must do more than merely talk to him; you must fashion him, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than you wish him to will.”

Addresses to the German Nation (1807), Second Address : "The General Nature of the New Education". Chicago and London, The Open Court Publishing Company, 1922, p. 21
Paraphrased variant: The schools must fashion the person, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than what you wish him to will.

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“Education to true religion is the final task of the new education.”

General Nature of New Eduction p. 38
Addresses to the German Nation (Reden an die deutsche Nation) 1808, Third Address

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