Abstract

The principal aims of this study are to compare the positions of Fichte and Marx, particularly with respect to the concept of "activity," and concurrently "to contribute to a reconceptualization" of the nineteenth century German philosophical tradition. In the seventh chapter we learn in effect that Fichte’s influence on Marx is, from a historical standpoint, barely traceable. Some of Marx’s Fichteanism may be attributable to Fichte’s influence on the Young Hegelians, and in turn their influence on Marx.