This paper is the second half of a treatise on the relationship between law and moral based on Fichte's middle stage theory of state. In other words, a paper on the flux of his thoughts on law, state and moral since 1807.
What were his thoughts on the state at this time?
We have, first of all, to study Fichte's Machiavellism at the period of enlightenment and what function moral played in his theory of state. How were educational concepts based on Pestalozzi's theory introduced to moral education?
Concerning the later period, Machiavellism can be defined as, first, the political art of professional political power, and, second, a political curse by political snobs, f.ex. moralists who were overwhelmod by the dynamism of political power. Fichte's theory on Machiavelli differed from this, but was based on his own thoughts and theory on the state. Moreover, this was one theory of state which had politically dynamic elements and was not what some theorists would call just current topics.
After 1804 Fichte concentrated on the works of Pestalozzi. who achieved excellent results in modern national education, that is, child-education and moral education. Fichte's rather ethical educational tendencies were based on this.departmental bulletin pape
