Hermann Weyl on Johann Gottlieb Fichte

“[Fichte is a] constructivist of purest water, who pursues his independent path of construction without looking right or left.”

“Fichte, by his stubbornness in pursuing an idea, blind to nature and facts, was swept away into increasingly abstruse abstractions.”

“We cannot hope to give here a final clarification of the essence of fact, judgement, object, property; this task leads into metaphysical abysses; about these one has to seek advice from men whose name cannot be stated without earning a compassionate smile—e.g. Fichte.”