Schelling

[ shel-ing ]

noun

1. Frie·drich Wil·helm Jo·seph von [free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm , yoh, -zef f, uh, n], 1775–1854, German philosopher.

Schelling

/ ʃɛˈlɪŋɪən; ˈʃɛlɪŋ /

noun

1. SchellingFriedrich Wilhelm Joseph von17751854MGermanPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈjoːzɛf fɔn). 1775–1854, German philosopher. He expanded Fichte's idea that there is one reality, the infinite and absolute Ego, by regarding nature as an absolute being working towards self-consciousness. His works include Ideas towards a Philosophy of Nature (1797) and System of Transcendental Idealism (1800)

Derived Forms

• Schellingian, adjective

Other Words From

• Schelling·ism Schel·ling·i·an·ism [she-, ling, -ee-, uh, -niz-, uh, m], noun

Example Sentences

In this way, through the agency of Schelling, science raised itself to an absolute point of view.

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With Hegel, a disciple of Schelling everything becomes pure obscurity, absolute confusion, chaos.

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One of the joint owners of this property was a young doctor of philosophy, who leaned towards the new school of Schelling.

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And what the work of art had been to Schelling, the State was to Hegel.

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Schelling alone survives the ruins of the German philosophy.

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