Confronting the German Idealist Tradition av Tadahiro (National Institute of Technology Nummazu College Japan) Oota

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<P>The philosophical activity of modern Germany represents a peak in the history of philosophy beginning from Thales in ancient Greece. This book attempts to reconsider the conventional image of 19<SUP>th</SUP>-century German philosophy. To this end, it illuminates a forgotten philosophical stream contemporaneous with so-called "German idealism."</P><P>From this perspective, this book examines the philosophy of Jakob Friedrich Fries, a philosopher contemporaneous and in confrontation with Hegel. By examining Fries¿ standpoint, the book attempts to reconstruct the picture of 19th-century German philosophy. In the 19th and 20th centuries, philosophers other than Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel ¿ especially Fries ¿ had a significant influence on the history of philosophy, constituting an alternative genealogy to Hegel¿s. One might say that the conventional history of philosophy conceals Fries¿ influence. Accordingly, this book will examine Fries¿ philosophy, the Friesian school establi