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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Predicate Object
instanceOf phase of F. W. J. Schelling’s philosophy ⓘ
philosophical period ⓘ
associatedWith Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ
characterizedBy dynamic metaphysics ⓘ
historically unfolding metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of freedom ⓘ
philosophy of nature ⓘ
philosophy of revelation ⓘ
contrastsWith Hegel’s absolute idealism ⓘ
linked to: Hegelian 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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 → Schellingianism ⓘ
linked to: Schelling’s middle to late period