April 18, 2012
Insofar as man is considered as a rational, sensuous creature, then culture is the ultimate and highest means to his final goal: complete harmony with himself. Insofar as man is considered merely as a sensuous creature, then culture is itself his ultimate goal. Sensibility ought to be cultivated: that is the highest and ultimate thing which one can propose to do with it.
Fichte - Lectures Concerning the Scholar's Vocation
Posted by amin at April 18, 2012 10:43 PM