[115] "Ueber Anmuth und Würde," "Of Grace and Dignity," a work of Schiller that appeared in 1793.
[116] "Gesinnungen."
[117] The Baccalaureus' speech in Faust (Part 2) "Die Welt, sie war nicht, eh' ich sie erschuf," etc., appears to be a parody of Fichte's ideas in this aspect.
[118] I think the order of the German must be a misprint. "So ist nichts an und für sich und in sich selbst werthvoll betrachtet."
[119] "An und für sich seyende."
[120] The three points are, (i.) The I is abstract. (ii.) Everything is a semblance for it. (iii.) Its own acts, even, are a semblance.
[121] Not literal. "Das alles an sich setzende und auflösende Ich."
[122] Formal freedom is detachment from everything, or the (apparent) capacity of alternatives; it is opposed to real freedom, which is identification of one's-self with something that is capable of satisfying one.
[123] "Genialität:" the character or state of mind in which genius is dominant—here, the mere self-enjoyment of genius.
[124] "Selbstgenuss." I do not think it means self-indulgence, but the above-described enjoyment of reposing in the superiority of the ego.