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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in January 1775, Schelling came up under Fichte's mentorship and shared early quarters with Hegel at university. He developed an evolving system that positioned him as the middle term in German idealism's progression, threading between his teacher's work and what his old friend would later build. His Naturphilosophie — a philosophy of nature leaning on analogy rather than empirical method — drew attacks from scientists and gave critics an easy target. When Hegel's mature works appeared, they relegated Schelling to a marginal role in idealism's story, and that dismissal stuck, particularly in English-language philosophy. He died in August 1854, his thought largely set aside, though some philosophers have since circled back to see what the standard account missed.