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Fichte, father of German nationalism
After Napoleon occupied Berlin, philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte's 'Addresses to the German Nation' named literature, law, language, and tradition as foundations of identity.
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When Wilhelm von Humboldt founded the University of Berlin, he made Fichte its first rector.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 231
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