is why Seidel is justified in insisting on the importance of Kant’s infinite judgement in the reading of Fichte’s Nicht-Ich. Through Kant’s infinite judgement, Fichte’s Nicht-Ich is not just a negation of a predicate, but an affirmation of a non-predicate that is neither human nor not-human, but marked by a terrifying excess that is inherent to being human. This excess, located at the core of