But  the  postulation  of  this  fundamental  synthesis  is  little  more
than  a  recognition  that  Ego  and  Non-Ego  are  correlative  aspects
of  consciousness  and  that  hence  they  must  be  harmonized.  How
they  are  to  be  harmonized,  still  remains  to  be  shown  ;  and  this
is  the  task  of  the  rest  of  the  Gmndlage.  In  general,  Fichte's
method  consists  in  bringing  to  light  one  opposition  after  another
and  in  resolving  these  oppositions  by  a  succession  of  syntheses.
Thus  in  this  first  synthesis,  by  which  he  seeks  to  reconcile  Ego
and  Non-Ego,  he  finds  yet  other  oppositions.  This  third  Grund-
satz  involves  two  opposed  propositions  :  (i)  '*  The  Ego  posits  the
Non-Ego  as  determined  by  the  Ego  "  and  (2)  "  The  Ego  posits
itself  as  determined  by  the  Non-Ego."  ^  The  first  of  these,
Fichte  tells  us,  forms  the  basis  of  the  practical  part  of  the  Wis-
senschaftslehre  ;  the  second,  the  basis  of  the  theoretical  part.  This
IS.  W.,  I,  no.  2s.  w.,  T,  125  f.
