The Open court . n 1784, and in 1788 he accepted a similar posi-tion in Zurich where he met his future wife, a niece of Klopstock. In 1790he gave private instruction in Leipsic, and here he became acquainted withKants philosophy. In 1791 he sought and found a position as tutor in Konigs-berg in order to be near Kant and to know him personally. He introducedhimself to Kant by sending him a pamphlet on The Critique of all Revela-tion, which appeared anonymously the next year and was thought to bewritten by Kant. As a result of this pamphlet he was offered the chair ofphilosophy at Jena in 1793 a
The Open court . n 1784, and in 1788 he accepted a similar posi-tion in Zurich where he met his future wife, a niece of Klopstock. In 1790he gave private instruction in Leipsic, and here he became acquainted withKants philosophy. In 1791 he sought and found a position as tutor in Konigs-berg in order to be near Kant and to know him personally. He introducedhimself to Kant by sending him a pamphlet on The Critique of all Revela-tion, which appeared anonymously the next year and was thought to bewritten by Kant. As a result of this pamphlet he was offered the chair ofphilosophy at Jena in 1793 and was married the same year. His Theory ofScience appeared in 1794; Natural Law (Nafurrccht) in 1796; and TheTheory of Morals in 1798. Accused of atheism, he resigned his chair in1799, and finally took refuge in Berlin. His Vocation of Man appeared in 766 THE OPEN COURT. 1800, the Nature of the Scholar in 1805, and the Doctrine of Religion in1806. Then came his stirring addresses to the German nation to which is. FICHTE AS A PATRIOT. largely attributed the German uprising against Napoleon, and his appoint-ment as rector of the Berlin UniversitJ^ He died of typhoid fever in 1814. THE STORY OF TABI-UTUL-BEL AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR. BY CLARA BEWICK COLBY. To the Editor of The Open Court: In your August issue you published a poem translated by Professor Jas-trow under the title, A Babylonian Parallel to the Story of Job. Is not that MISCELLANEOUS. 767 poem rather a parallel to the story of Nebuchadnezzar? Nebuchadnezzar wasthe greatest of Babylonian kings, and his history is closely connected with thatof the Hebrews. It is expressly stated that he was used by God to punish thenations and that Egypt was given to him as his reward, and also that he wasgiven power over the beasts of the field and they should serve him. At onetime Nebuchadnezzar gave credit to the God of the Hebrews for what he hadaccomplished, saying It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs andwonders that the Most H
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