ages of the world (Weltalter) theory

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The ages of the world (Weltalter) theory is Schelling’s speculative philosophical account of cosmic and historical development, portraying reality as unfolding through successive epochs that reveal the dynamic relationship between God, nature, and human freedom.

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instanceOf cosmological theory ⓘ
philosophical theory ⓘ
speculative metaphysics ⓘ
theory of history ⓘ
aim to explain how God, nature, and freedom are historically realized ⓘ
author Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ⓘ
centralTheme cosmic development ⓘ
historical development ⓘ
relationship between God and human freedom ⓘ
relationship between God and nature ⓘ
relationship between God and world ⓘ
unfolding of reality in epochs ⓘ
concerns freedom and necessity ⓘ
meaning of history ⓘ
origin of the world ⓘ
structure of time ⓘ
theodicy ⓘ
coreConcept dynamic process of becoming ⓘ
emergence of time and history ⓘ
pre-temporal divine life ⓘ
successive ages of the world ⓘ
discipline metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
influenced 20th-century existential theology ⓘ
process philosophy interpretations of Schelling ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
earlier Schelling philosophy of nature ⓘ
mystical traditions ⓘ
languageOfMainWork German ⓘ
mainWork Die Weltalter ⓘ
method mythic-philosophical exposition ⓘ
speculative narrative ⓘ
periodOfDevelopment Schelling’s middle to late period ⓘ
philosophicalContext German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism

Schelling’s late philosophy ⓘ
post-Kantian philosophy ⓘ
relatedWork Schelling’s philosophy of nature ⓘ
Schelling’s philosophy of revelation ⓘ
statusOfText based on unfinished drafts of Die Weltalter ⓘ
temporalStructure emergence of nature ⓘ
historical age of human freedom ⓘ
pre-temporal divine life ⓘ
viewOnEvil evil as rooted in a dark ground within God and creatures ⓘ
viewOnGod God as dynamic living ground ⓘ
viewOnHistory history as staged revelation of the divine ground ⓘ
viewOnHumanity humans as site of freedom within cosmic process ⓘ
viewOnNature nature as expression of divine life ⓘ

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