Addresses to the German nation / Fichte ; edited with an introduction and notes by Gregory Moore.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi Chronology xxxvii Note on the next and translation xl Suggestions for future reading xliii Abberviations xlv Addresses to the German Nation -- 1 Foreword -- 3 1. Preliminary remarks and overview -- 9 2. On the nature of the new education in general -- 22 3. Description of the new education - continued --35 4. The principal difference between the Germans and other peoples of Teutonic descent -- 47 5. Consequences of the difference that has been advanced -- 60 6. Exposition of German characteristics in history -- 73 7. A yet deeper understanding of the originality and Germanness of a people -- 85 8. What a people is in the higher sense of the word and what is love of fatherland -- 100 9. At what point existing in reality the new national education of the Germans will begin -- 115 10. Towards a more exact definition of the German national education -- 128 11. On whom the execution of this plan of education will devolve --141 12. On the means of maintaining ourselves until we achieve our principal purpose --154 13. Continuation of the reflections already begun -- 166 14. Conclusion of the whole -- 183 Glossary -- 197 Index -- 199