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The Paradox of Existence

Philosophy and Aesthetics in the Young Schelling

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Authors:
  1. Leonardo V. Distaso

    1. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

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Editors:
  1. Ermanno Bencivenga

    1. University of California, Irvine, USA

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Part of the book series: Topoi Library (TOPI, volume 5)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Dissertation of 1792 on the Origin of Evil

    Pages 1-36

  3. Schelling’s Timæus

    Pages 37-47

  4. The Essay on the Possibility of a Form of All Philosophy (1794)

    Pages 49-57

  5. The Opposition Between the Unconditional

    Pages 59-90

  6. The Dramatization of Contrast

    Pages 91-113

  7. The Paradox of Opposition

    Pages 115-131

  8. Philosophy of Nature

    Pages 133-147

  9. The System of Transcendental Idealism (1800)

    Pages 149-171

  10. Epilogue on Earth

    Pages 173-178

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 179-180
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About this book

This book is not a merely historical reconstruction of Schelling’s thought; its main goal is to provide a contribution for a better comprehension of the importance of the philosophical quest of the young German philosopher from within, which represents a turning point for the whole thought of modernity. I did not describe the various fields of Schelling’s work, but I pointed out the central position of his Aesthetics, through the analysis of the inner mechanisms of his concepts. This mechanism, in my opinion, shows the reason why an Aesthetic philosophy is possible, and why its origin can be traced to Kant’s Aesthetics (particularly in Kant’s Critique of Judgement) and in the speculations of the early post-Kantian philosophy. The young Schelling’s philosophical problems precede his encounter with Fichte’s philosophy. Schelling discovers these problems, related to Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Wolff, Leibniz and Kant, in the protestant college of the Stift in Tübingen. Fichte confirmed the necessity of an urgent reform of transcendental philosophy, and offered to the young philosopher a philosophical dictionary and an orientation. Schelling exploited these resources with a great degree of autonomy, independence and originality. In these years Hölderlin’s influence on Schelling was much greater. Schelling’s and Hölderlin’s speculations, in these crucial years, were tightly connected.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Irvine, USA

    Ermanno Bencivenga

  • University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy

    Leonardo V. Distaso

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Paradox of Existence

  • Book Subtitle: Philosophy and Aesthetics in the Young Schelling

  • Authors: Leonardo V. Distaso

  • Editors: Ermanno Bencivenga

  • Series Title: Topoi Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2491-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2490-0Published: 27 September 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6668-8Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2491-7Published: 30 December 2005

  • Series ISSN: 1389-689X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 181

  • Topics: Philosophy, general, Aesthetics, History of Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Metaphysics

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