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Thanks, Tomas. There is evidence that Kierkegaard attended Fichte’s lectures, so some influence is definitely to be expected. You are quite correct that German Idealism is also influenced by Plato through Plotinus (https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/historys-most-influential-philosopher-ffef8908cf4b), but I disagree that the German Idealists adopted Plato’s theory of Forms. I covered Hegel elsewhere, so did not include him here, https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/how-to-understand-hegels-philosophy-eb50af1e4a3d. German Idealist philosophy has much to offer us, in particular on how to live a more fruitful and creative life. Their biggest influence was in introducing the idea of subjectivity in perceptions and values, though yes, it was Kierkegaard and Nietzsche who took that to the next important stage.

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Douglas Giles, PhD
Douglas Giles, PhD

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