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Novalis’ Metaphysics of Having: A Step Towards an Environmental Conception of the Human–Nature Relationship

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Abstract

This article focuses on Novalis’ understanding of the ‘I-nature’ relationship demonstrating that he anticipates some aspects developed by later environmental and ecological philosophies. After an introductory part on Novalis’ criticism against Fichte’s conception of the Self, the article investigates the crucial role played by Spinoza for the reassessment of natural sciences (physiology in particular) in Novalis’ philosophy and, as a consequence, for the conception of a “metaphysics of Having”. This particular metaphysics implies that subjects and objects interpenetrate each other, and that this relationship precedes their respective identities. In the last part, the article sketches a parallel with the current philosophical debate on ecology.


Corresponding author: Giulia Valpione, Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Trento, Via Tommaso Gar, Trento, Italy; and Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy, E-mail:
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Received: 2023-06-03
Accepted: 2023-06-14
Published Online: 2023-07-04
Published in Print: 2023-12-15

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