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PHILOSOPHICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
into the
Nature of Human Freedom
by F.W.J. von SCHELLING
ON FREEDOM :
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von
Schelling's 'Philosophical Investigations' is one of the
most outstanding studies of Human Freedom ever written. The
'Investigations' are essential reading for all students of
the Romantic movement and of Post-Kantian thought, and of particular
interest when read in conjunction with Arthur Schopenhauer's
'On the Freedom of the Will' with which this work so completely
disagrees in its philosophical standpoint. Von Schelling's work
will be of especial interest to students of Jakob Böhme
(Jacob Behmen), whose idea of the "Groundless" has
manifestly had a very significant influence upon this author.
CONTENTS:
Although von Schelling's essay
is a continuous whole, the editors of the present translation
have made obvious divisions of the text so as to improve the
reader's comprehension of the argument. These sectional divisions
have been given titles which indicate their essential theme of
discussion, and they are as follows :
Opening Remarks
Regarding Pantheism
The Philosophy of Nature
On the Basis of Evil
The Nature of Freedom
The Freedom of God
The 'Groundless'
Concluding Remarks
FEATURES :
A Publisher's Note which
provides summary details about the life and work of thinker Friedrich
Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. An Author's Foreword, in
which von Schelling anticipates the topics of his discussion
and defends his personal standpoint. Textual Annotations
by von Schelling, which clarify the text.
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