Chapter 2. Excessive Rationalism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments IX
3. Contents XI
4. Abbreviations and Translation XV
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Schelling and Nietzsche: A Philosophical Discussion? 9
7. Part I: Dualism, Rationalism and Cultural Fatigue
8. Chapter 2. Excessive Rationalism 21
9. Chapter 3. Goodness, Evil and the Tradition 47
10. Chapter 4. Mythology, Religion and Identity 72
11. Part II: Organicism, Freedom and Self-Formation
12. Chapter 5. Living Nature and Freedom in Schelling 107
13. Chapter 6. Culture, Style and Sovereignty in Nietzsche 146
14. Part III: Mythology, Revelation and Religion
15. Chapter 7. Making Way for Revelation in Schelling’s Spätphilosophie 195
16. Chapter 8. The Revealed: On Myth, Monotheism and Philosophical Religion 224
17. Chapter 9. Nietzsche’s Religion of a Brave New Future 261
18. Conclusion 292
19. Bibliography 297
20. Index 313
21. Endorsements 319