Auction Date:2013 Dec 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
German philosopher (1762–1814) whose work forms a bridge between the ideas of Kant and Hegel. Scarce ALS in German, signed “Fichte,” one page, 7.25 x 9, no date [circa 1801]. Letter to Berlin publisher and book dealer Georg Reimer, seeking financial assistance on behalf of a friend. In part (translated): “I came to you partly to give you the enclosed letter of Gabler…Partly I was begged by a very dear and interesting friend, who will be leaving tomorrow evening, and who has requested me to sell the enclosed bill of exchange (the handwriting of the issuer being known to me). Potential buyer whom he has offered it to would prefer to wait for notice first, which the owner cannot expect. I must help and cannot without (at least possibly) embarrassing myself financially...Perhaps you can help more easily.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases, and light foxing. Most noteworthy about the philosopher’s appeal for a loan on behalf of his friend is that Fichte himself endured several years of financial distress, which caused him to accept a job as a tutor in Kantian philosophy. By his own admission, Fichte believed it was this immersion into Kant’s theories while enduring financial hardship that revolutionized his thinking, and essentially, changed his life.
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