F. W. J. Schelling

Part novella, part philosophy, Clara was Schelling's most popular work during his lifetime, and appears here in English for the first time.

or, On Nature's Connection to the Spirit World

Clara

Schelling's 1806 polemic against Fichte, and his last major work on the philosophy of nature. The heat of anger can concentrate the mind. Convinced that he had been betrayed by his former collaborator and colleague, Schelling attempts in this polemic to reach a final reckoning with Fichte. Employing the format of a book review, Schelling directs withering scorn at three of Fichte’s recent publications, at one point likening them to the hell, purgatory, and would-be paradise of Fichtean philosophy. The central bone of contention is the understanding of nature: Fichte sees it as lifeless matter in motion, sheer opposition to be overcome, while Schelling waxes poetic in his defense of a living, organic nature of which humanity is a vital part. Indeed, we do not know ourselves without understanding our connection to nature, argues Schelling, anticipating many thinkers in contemporary environmental ethics. Dale E. Snow’s introduction sets the stage and explains the larger context of the conflict, which was already visible in the correspondence of the two philosophers, which broke off by 1802. Notes are included throughout the text, providing background information and identifying the many references to Fichte. Dale E. Snow is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University of Maryland and the author of Schelling and the End of Idealism, also published by SUNY Press.

An Elucidation of the Former

Statement on the True Relationship of the Philosophy of Nature to the Revised Fichtean Doctrine

The first English translation of Schelling’s final “existential system.”

The Berlin Lectures

The Grounding of Positive Philosophy

Tomando como ponto de partida da sua investigac?o a noc?o kantiana de facto da liberdade, e colocando em termos novos a quest?o , Schelling prop?e-se explicar as origens do Bem e do Mal, mostrando ao mesmo tempo que, mais do que uma propriedade humana, a liberdade constitui a ordem mesma do ser.

Investigações Filosóficas sobre a Essência da Liberdade Humana

J. G. Fichte

Correspondence and texts by Fichte and Schelling illuminate their thought and the trajectory of their philosophical falling out.

Selected Texts and Correspondence (1800-1802)

Philosophical Rupture between Fichte and Schelling, The

Schelling's first systematic attempt to articulate a complete philosophy of nature.

First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature

Schellings masterpiece investigating evil and freedom.

Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom

Appearing in English for the first time, Schelling’s 1842 lectures develop the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions.

F. W. J. Schelling

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