What is Fichte's central theory of the 'I'?
My core principle is that reality originates from the self-positing activity of the I. The I does not first encounter an independent world; rather, it projects and constitutes its own experience. This I, in its absolute freedom, posits itself. Subsequently, it posits a not-I, an external world, which then provides the conditions for its own self-activity and moral striving. The entire structure of experience arises from this initial, fundamental act of self-determination.
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