ABSTRACT
This chapter begins the exposition of Fichte’s theory of freedom, with a special focus on how freedom fits into (our experience of) our world. It provides an analysis of Fichte’s highly original solution to the problem of the sensible efficacy of intelligence or the physical power of a free being in the Introduction of the System of Ethics. It goes on to detail each of the formal constituents that enter into the constitution of our real, practical activity – namely, choosing and deciding, willing and the constructing of a concept of an end, and effectuating and bodily articulation. Lastly, it explains Fichte’s original account of nature in terms of drives and considers on our nature as the “natural drive” equips us with the force to act in our world.
