From a Philosophy of Self to a Philosophy of Nature: Goethe and the Development of Schelling's Naturphilosophie
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Dalia Nassar
Abstract
One of the most significant moments in the development of German idealism is Schelling's break from his mentor Fichte. On account of its significance, there have been numerous studies examining the origin and meaning of this transition in Schelling's thought. Not one study, however, considers Goethe's influence on Schelling's development. This is surprising given the fact that in the fall of 1799 Goethe and Schelling meet every day for a week, to go through and edit what came to be Schelling's most path-breaking work. This paper considers Goethe's influence on the development of Schelling's thought, and argues that it was by appropriating Goethe's idea of metamorphosis that Schelling was able to put forth a conception of nature as independent from the mind.
© Walter de Gruyter 2010
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- Themistius on Concept Acquisition and Knowledge of Essences
- Locke and the Nature of Ideas
- Bolzano und Leibniz über Klarheit und Deutlichkeit
- Two Unpublished Letters of René Descartes: On the Printing of the Meditations and the Groningen Affair
- From a Philosophy of Self to a Philosophy of Nature: Goethe and the Development of Schelling's Naturphilosophie
- III. Rezensionen
Articles in the same Issue
- Themistius on Concept Acquisition and Knowledge of Essences
- Locke and the Nature of Ideas
- Bolzano und Leibniz über Klarheit und Deutlichkeit
- Two Unpublished Letters of René Descartes: On the Printing of the Meditations and the Groningen Affair
- From a Philosophy of Self to a Philosophy of Nature: Goethe and the Development of Schelling's Naturphilosophie
- III. Rezensionen
