Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One: Novalis
7. Introduction 15
8. 1. Interpreting the Fichte-Studien 19
9. 2. Beyond the Subjective Self: Hemsterhuis, Kant, and the Question of the Whole 39
10. 3. Romanticizing Nature and the Self 48
11. 4. A Living Organon of the Sciences 71
12. Conclusion to Part I: Romanticism and Idealism 77
13. Part Two: Friedrich Schlegel
14. Introduction 81
15. 5. New Philosophical Ideals: Schlegel’s Critique of First Principles 89
16. 6. From Epistemology to Ontology: The Lectures on Transcendental Idealism 98
17. 7. Becoming, Nature, and Freedom 115
18. 8. Presenting Nature: From the System of Fragments to the Romantic Novel 126
19. Conclusion to Part 2: Schlegel as Philosopher 155
20. Part Three: Schelling
21. Introduction 157
22. 9. The Early Schelling: Between Fichte and Spinoza 161
23. 10. The Philosophy of Nature 187
24. 11. From the System of Transcendental Idealism to the Identity Philosophy 212
25. 12. Identity Philosophy and the Philosophy of Art 225
26. Conclusion to Part 3 257
27. Conclusion: The Romantic Absolute 258
28. Notes 263
29. Works Cited 319
30. Index 327