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Johann Gottlieb Fichte

By mere burial man arrives not at bliss and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here - the Infinite.

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Fichte is saying that simply dying does not bring true happiness, and even after death, people will continue to look for happiness in the wrong places. He believes that real happiness can only be found by connecting with the Infinite, which is always present around us in life.

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