What was most interesting about this section was the transition that Fichte makes from despairing that he may have no purpose in life, to strongly asserting that he has a purpose, to trying to figure out what it is, and conclusively resting upon some supernatural order of things as the the end all to people having the faculty to reason.
Again, Fichte cannot deny that his conscience is the seat of his reason and he makes a realization. "The fog of delusion clears from my eyes; I receive a new organ and with it a new world arises for me" (Fichte 93). This new world, being supernatural, is not bound by Fichte's previous discussion of the natural world being formed only by his thought and that no other world exists for him except that which he has sensory relation to. The supernatural world is of a different sensory conception, one that he conceives by reason and reason alone, while the natural world defines his action by senses, as aforementioned (95).
Fichte obviously makes the transition to living for God's great purpose, whatever that may be, but I found this section easier to read only because it is so profoundly similar to religious doctrine I have been fed all of my life. Fichte writes exactly of being in the world for the purpose of humanity, but only being of it because he must maintain his ties to God. This section is no longer fumbling towards a purpose, but being faithfully drawn to a higher one.
My only question is, was Fichte really not blind about his faith as he claimed to be? Every single time he sought to question his conscience, he would immediately draw back, and cut short of other considerations, except for when he considered our cyclical existence. I do not know if he satisfactorily arrived at God as his conclusion, for me. Though, it is always difficult to explain supernatural faith, which is ultimately the kind he speaks of.
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