System of Transcendental Idealism

must arise, which have not yet even been brought up or discussed by many of those who now presume to pass judgment; the ability to form a reasoned opinion (Urtheil) on philosophical matters. This is because they remain stuck on the very first rudiments; the basic or initial elements (Anfangsgründe) of the system; the organized structure of the philosophy, which they are unable to move beyond—whether due to an inherent inability even to comprehend what is required of the first principles; the foundational laws or axioms (erste Principien) of all knowledge, or due to prejudice, or whatever other reasons there may be. Furthermore, little is to be expected from this work for this class of people, even though the investigation naturally traces back to the first principles. Regarding these initial investigations, nothing can appear here that has not already been said long ago, either in the writings of the inventor of the Science of Knowledge; the "Wissenschaftslehre," the philosophical system founded by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) or in those of the author himself—except that in the present treatment, the presentation of certain points [attains] a greater
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