Chapter III

From my study of the Theory of Science I conceived a special interest in Fichte's treatises Über die Bestimmung des Gelehrten[^2] and über das Wesen des Gelehrten.[^3] In these writings I found a sort of ideal toward which I myself would strive. Along with these I read also the Reden an die Deutsche Nation.[^4] This took hold of me much less at that time than Fichte's other works.