▁view ▁that ▁life ▁is ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁“ the ▁chance ▁wh irl ings ▁of ▁un product ive ▁particles ” ▁( Col er idge ). ▁ ▁Lock e ' s ▁ideas ▁were ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁Johann ▁F ichte ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁developed ▁into ▁a ▁philosophy ▁of ▁nature ▁and ▁natural ▁science ▁based ▁on ▁mind ▁and ▁conscious ness , ▁which ▁he ▁term ed ▁Wissenschaft s le hre . ▁F ichte , ▁as ▁so ▁many ▁of ▁that ▁time , ▁was ▁also ▁inspired ▁to ▁challenge ▁Kant ' s ▁views ▁on ▁human ▁freedom ▁( constraint s ▁by ▁material ▁forces ) ▁and ▁the ▁limits ▁to ▁cogn ition , ▁and ▁sought ▁this ▁in ▁Lock e ' s ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁mind ▁and ▁conscious ness ▁as ▁the ▁p iv otal ▁actor ▁and ▁cre ator ▁of ▁reality . ▁For ▁F ichte , ▁self hood ▁( I ch heit ) ▁is ▁an ▁act ▁not ▁a ▁thing ▁or ▁a ▁subst ance , ▁and ▁being ▁or ▁identity ▁consists ▁in ▁the ▁acts ▁of ▁mind ▁and ▁self - cons cious ness , ▁such ▁that ▁being ▁and ▁identity ▁are ▁co - oper ant . ▁F ichte ' s ▁work ▁heavily ▁influenced ▁German ▁philosophy ▁and ▁science , ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁general ▁system ▁of ▁thought ▁known ▁as ▁German ▁Ide al ism ▁( including ▁Sch elling ▁and ▁H eg el ), ▁though ▁this ▁ideal ism ▁would ▁either ▁end ▁par ado x ically ▁in ▁accepting ▁the ▁methods ▁of ▁material ▁science ▁for ▁natural ▁science ▁( N atur ph il osoph ie ▁– ▁Sch elling ), ▁or ▁in ▁academic ▁and ▁lif eless ▁dialect ics