Address to the German Nation
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The Address to the German Nation (1808) was a political literature book written by German
philosopher
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
that advocated German nationalism
in reaction to the occupation and subjugation of German territories by Napoleon's French Empire
. Fichte evoked a sense of German distinctiveness in language, tradition, and literature that composed an common identity.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
philosopher
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher. He was one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a movement that developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant...
that advocated German nationalism
German nationalism
German nationalism refers to the nationalism of Germans or of German culture. The origins of the beginning of a sense of German identity began with the Protestant Reformation begun by Martin Luther that resulted in the spread of a standardized common German language and literature...
in reaction to the occupation and subjugation of German territories by Napoleon's French Empire
First French Empire
The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...
. Fichte evoked a sense of German distinctiveness in language, tradition, and literature that composed an common identity.