The major influence on his thought at this time was that of Immanuel Kant, whose doctrine of the inherent moral worth of man harmonized with Fichte's character; and he resolved to devote himself to perfecting a true philosophy, the principles of which should be practical maxims.
He was shocked by the inaccuracies of many previously published versions of hieroglyphic inscriptions, and he resolved to devote his energies to making accurate copies of the ancient texts.
Influenced by the German philosophers Kant and especially Hegel, a precursor of Marx, she resolved to devote her life to change in a nation of inequalities and discrimination against minorities and women.
He married in 1785, but after his wife's sudden death four years later, he resolved to devote himself to the education of poor boys.
At this point in his life, Fuller resolved to devote his remaining years to a nonprofit search for design patterns that could maximize the social uses of the world's energy resources and evolving industrial complex.
More than three decades ago, he resolved to devote himself to creating a new, disruptive art history, one that would insert — big-time — the absent black figure into the tradition of Western art, which was a tradition he loved and identified with.
It is for this reason that I have resolved to devote my life to bringing about harmony among the nations of the world, especially in those nations who appear to dislike us enough to fly planes into our skyscrapers.
He tried to become involved with communism for brief period but then resolved to devote himself to scientific research.
At the end of the novel, the narrator resolves to devote the rest of his life to writing the novel that will become "In Search of Lost Time".
