  Rehberg's critique of revolutionary ideology was based upon his general skepticism toward reason.  He worked out his criticisms gradually and on scattered occasions from 1789 to 1792 in his reviews for the Allgemeine Literatur Zeitung. He later revised and collected these reviews, publishing them in 1793 under the title Untersuchungen über die Französische  Revolution.[37]  This work stands as one of the best German critiques of the French Revolution.  In fundamental respects it laid the groundwork for German conservatism.  Its significance was immediately recognized by Fichte, who devoted much effort to its refutation in his Beiträge zur Berichtigung der Urteile des Publikums über die französische Revolution.  