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# Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

(1743–1819)   Philosopher

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Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was a philosopher.

## Quick Facts About Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

Born January 25, 1743

Died March 10, 1819

Profession Philosopher

## About Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

German philosopher (1743-1819)... \| Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi was a German philosopher, writer and socialite. He is best known for popularizing the concept of nihilism, denigrating it as the necessary result of Enlightenment thought and the philosophical systems of Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Wi

##  Quotes by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

> [To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-heinrich-jacobi/to-lay-aside-all-prejudices-is-to-lay-aside-all-principles-he-who-is/)

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[Destitute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destitute/)

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> [All governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-heinrich-jacobi/all-governments-are-to-a-certain-extent-a-treaty-with-the-devil/)

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> [It is not truth, justice, liberty, that men seek; they seek only themselves. - And oh, that they knew how to seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-heinrich-jacobi/it-is-not-truth-justice-liberty-that-men-seek-they-seek-only/)

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[Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/)

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> [What is there in man so worthy of honor and reverence as this, that he is capable of contemplating something higher than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-heinrich-jacobi/what-is-there-in-man-so-worthy-of-honor-and-reverence-as-this-that-he/)

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