Von Schelling

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling was born in Leonburg, Germany in 1775. He grew up during the Classical era of philosophy, during a high-point in German culture. At age 16 he began to study at the Tubinger Stift, a seminary school in northern Germany. Schelling’s Romanticist philosophy was greatly influenced by Holderlin and Hegel, two good friends of his.
Romanticism began in 1805, taking the place of Classicism (1786-1805,) and ended around 1835 in Europe. Romanticism influenced the rediscovery of history and the German past; it promoted art, music, literature, folklore, and poetry as the paths to discovery. The Romanticist movement was somewhat religious in the idea that satisfaction and love can only be achieved AFTER death, (Classicists focused on self-actualization in THIS life.) Music was the embodiment of the Romanticist movement and was therefore held in the highest-esteem (as was poetry.)
“Mobilization of the unconsciousness†was another big theme in Romanticism. People were beginning to take a larger interest in things like dreams, the occult, hypnotism, and animal magnetism. Folklore was being revived during this time and concepts like “love†and “friendship†were emphasized by most of the ph

In 1799, Schelling attempted to follow up on Fichte’s systematic philosophy and published Erster Entwurf eines Systems der Natur Philosophie. A year later he produced his most famous work, System des Transzendentaen Idealismus (‘System of Transcendental Idealism’). His book linked the duality of the empirical-self (the ego) with non-ego, (conceived by Fichte in his Synthesis in Art.) The concept of transcendental philosophy is that all knowledge is founded upon the coincidence of an objective with a subjective – we KNOW only what is true – truth is generally taken to consist in the coincidence of presentations with their objects. (www.marxists.org)

he philosophers. Romanticism was about discovering and understanding emotions rather than exploiting them.

Man is is the only part of Nature that is aware of his own creativity. Since creativity is the most important part of Nature, then art must be the ultimate expression of it and should be held in the highest regard. Sometimes Schelling is looked at as being more of a poet than a philosopher because he was so immersed in culture, art, and literature. In the early twentieth century his poems were compiled and published into a book called Gedichte.

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling was born in Leonburg, Germany in 1775. He grew up during the Classical era of philosophy, during a high-point in German culture. At age 16 he began to study at the Tubinger Stift, a seminary school in northern Germany. Schelling’s Romanticist philosophy was greatly influenced by Holderlin and Hegel, two good friends of his.