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January 7, 2008
for the sake of truth
I frankly admit that I would like to use this position in which providence has placed me in order to disseminate a more manly way of thinking, a stronger sense of elevation and dignity, and a more intense desire to fulfill one’s vocation despite every danger. I would like to broadcast this in every direction, as far as the German language extends and even further if I could. This I would like to do, so that after you have left this place and have scattered in all directions I could know that I all those places you are scattered there will live men whose chosen friend is truth: men who will cling to truth in life and in death; men who provide a refuge for truth when all the world thrusts it out; men who will publicly defend the truth when it is slandered and maligned; men who will gladly suffer the cleverly concealed hatred of the great, the insipid smiles of the conceited, and the pitying shrugs of the narrow-minded – all for the sake of truth.
Fichte - Lectures Concerning the Scholar's Vocation
Posted by amin at January 7, 2008 4:21 PM