Schelling’s middle to late period

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Schelling’s middle to late period is the phase of his philosophy in which he developed a dynamic, historically unfolding metaphysics of freedom, nature, and revelation that moved beyond his earlier idealism.

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Schellingianism 1
Schelling’s middle to late period canonical 1

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instanceOf phase of F. W. J. Schelling’s philosophy
philosophical period
associatedWith Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling NERFINISHED
characterizedBy dynamic metaphysics
historically unfolding metaphysics
philosophy of freedom
philosophy of nature
philosophy of revelation
contrastsWith Hegelian idealism
surface form: Hegel’s absolute idealism
criticizes Hegel’s purely logical system
developsConcept negative philosophy
positive philosophy
developsTheme pre-temporal ground of existence
the historical self-disclosure of God
the origin of evil
the relation between God and freedom
distinguishes positive philosophy from negative philosophy
emphasizes contingency in being
freedom as ground of being
historicity of reason
the reality of evil
focusesOn metaphysics of freedom
metaphysics of nature
metaphysics of revelation
follows Schelling’s early idealist period
includesWork Ages of the World
Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom
Philosophy of Mythology
Philosophy of Revelation
The Grounding of Positive Philosophy
influencedBy Christian theology
German idealism
surface form: German Idealism

mystical and theosophical traditions
influences 20th-century philosophy of religion
Heidegger’s interpretation of metaphysics
existentialism
phenomenology
introduces a non-deductive conception of metaphysics
movesBeyond Schelling’s earlier transcendental idealism
Schelling’s identity philosophy
timePeriodApproximateEnd around early 1850s
timePeriodApproximateStart around 1809
treatsFreedomAs ontological principle
treatsHistoryAs a real process of divine revelation
treatsNatureAs a dynamic, living process

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ages of the world (Weltalter) theory periodOfDevelopment Schelling’s middle to late period
Die Weltalter philosophicalMovement Schelling’s middle to late period
this entity surface form: Schellingianism