Schelling

American  

[shel-ing] / ˈʃɛl ɪŋ /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von 1775–1854, German philosopher.

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Schelling British  

/ ʃɛˈlɪŋɪən, ˈʃɛlɪŋ /

noun

1. 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)

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Other Word Forms

• Schellingianism
  noun
• Schellingism
  noun
• Schellingian
  adjective

Example Sentences

"Cruelty has always been the point," said Emmett Schelling, executive director of the Transgender Education Network of Texas.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2023

Thomas Schelling, a well-connected Harvard economist and White House adviser, was on a plane bound for Boston when he started noodling with Xs and Os moving along a line.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

According to the late Thomas Schelling, the 2005 Nobel laureate in economics, the best defense for developing countries against climate change is their own development.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022

Schelling wrote eloquently—at times, all too casually—about sending messages with force.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2021

Here they were, gathered at one table, the nation’s foremost practitioners of what Goethe and Schelling called “frozen music.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson