 Ever committed to the Enlightenment ideal of making philosophy universally recognizable, Reinhold’s conversion to the Wissenschaftslehre was coupled with a missionary zeal to impart its truth (cf. Reinhold to Fichte, 17 February 1797: GA III/2, 50). Nevertheless, there is widespread consensus that Reinhold’s commitment to Fichte’s philosophy was lukewarm at best (e.g. Breazeale 2020; Bondeli 1995; Bondeli 2020; Klemmt 1958: 537). In particular, it is doubtful that Reinhold fully understood the Wissenschaftslehre; much of his omnibus review of Fichte’s system evinces only a superficial understanding of it. Furthermore, by 1799 Reinhold adopted a middle position between Fichte and Jacobi. In his Ueber die Paradoxien and open letters to J.C. Lavater and Fichte, Reinhold addresses the apparent paradox between the validity of the Wissenschaftslehre and the impossibility of grasping its results by means of ordinary understanding (see Breazeale 2020:29ff; di Giovanni 2003). He attempts to resolve this tension by prioritizing faith and moral conscience, arguing that philosophy depends on these for its certainty. Yet, this effort to mediate between Fichte and Jacobi was short-lived: by the end of 1799, Reinhold had become enthralled with J.G. Bardili’s logical realism and his relationship with Fichte soon came to an end.