What is Europe really but a sterile trunk which owes everything to oriental grafts?
German philosopher (1775–1854)
The German idealist who ended up a footnote in his roommate's history. Schelling bridged Fichte and Hegel in the arc of German philosophy, but Hegel's later dominance buried him — and his Naturphilosophie drew scientific scorn for preferring analogy to experiment.
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…
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What is Europe really but a sterile trunk which owes everything to oriental grafts?
The end of the philosophical dialogue lies in itself; it can never serve a purpose outside of itself.
There was a time when religion was kept secret from popular belief within the mystery cults like a holy fire, sharing a common sanctuary with philosophy.
Countless attempts have been made to no avail to construct a continuity from the supreme principle of the intellectual world to the finite world.
On its pass through finitude, the being-for-itself of the counter-image expresses itself most potently as “”I-ness”, as self-identical individuality.
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