Analysis of the relationship between freedom and Bildung in Fichte's early and late thought and its relationship with social unity and cosmopolitanism

Bildung in Fichte's philosophy is related to his general ideas in practical philosophy, especially with his interpretation of the importance of social unity to shape the members of the society and the influence of moral rules in people's lives. Also, Fichte's cosmopolitan desire for human flourishing is influenced by his thoughts on cultivating a model nation. His thought direction is not in line with a racist point of view and in his thought he encourages people to form a single society with the component of humanity and freedom. In his early thought, Fichte seeks to form a collective Bildung through the issue of freedom in the position of interpersonal harmony, and in his late thought, with the help of freedom and a new definition of knowledge, he wants to cultivate a model nation that is be an objective example in front of other nations in order to create a cosmopolitan world. The method of this research is qualitative, and the description and analysis of the relationship between freedom and Bildung in Fichte's thought has been done with the documentary-analytical method, and the research data has been collected in a documentary way. The result of this research wants to show that Fichte, with his definition of human freedom and its relationship with Bildung, places the ultimate goal of man as absolute thought and free will, which is the creator of harmony between people.