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Schelling

American  
[shel-ing] / ˈʃɛl ɪŋ /

noun

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


Schelling British  
/ 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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"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 Schelling, it is unconscionable for advanced countries to insist on developing countries to slow down their development for the sake of controlling climate change.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2022

Schelling did tell McNaughton that, whatever they decided to do, it would work within three weeks or not at all.

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

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