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Abstract

A general misconception prevails that Iqbal has borrowed his concept of Ego from Fichte, a renowned German Idealist. Although there are some apparent resemblances between Iqbal's and Fichte's conceptions of Ego yet, rooted in their opposing religio-cultural contexts, they are quite different from each other. Bound by a common concern for humanity they espouse two different approaches to human Ego. Iqbal's notion of Absolute Ego is meant for a Personal God but Fichte takes it as an infinite order. It goes without saying that the major sources of Iqbal's Ego are the Quran and the Islamic tradition. Iqbal's main concern is the spiritual development of human Ego which usually remains missing in Fichte's philosophy.