Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (January 27, 1775 August 20, 1854), later von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German Idealism situating him between Fichte, his mentor prior to 1800, and Hegel, his former university roommate and erstwhile characterize him as a protean thinker who, although brilliant, jumped from one subject to another and lacked the synthesizing power needed to arrive at a complete philosophical system. Others challenge the notion that Schelling's thought is marked by profound breaks, instead arguing that his philosophy always focused on a few common themes especially human freedom, the absolute, and the relationship between spirit and nature Schelling's general thought has often been neglected, especially in the English-speaking world, as has been his later work on mythology and revelation (much of which remains untranslated).

Klappentext

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (January 27, 1775 - August 20, 1854), later von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German Idealism situating him between Fichte, his mentor prior to 1800, and Hegel, his former university roommate and erstwhile characterize him as a protean thinker who, although brilliant, jumped from one subject to another and lacked the synthesizing power needed to arrive at a complete philosophical system. Others challenge the notion that Schelling's thought is marked by profound breaks, instead arguing that his philosophy always focused on a few common themes especially human freedom, the absolute, and the relationship between spirit and nature Schelling's general thought has often been neglected, especially in the English-speaking world, as has been his later work on mythology and revelation (much of which remains untranslated).