Schelling
Frie·drich Wil·helm Jo·seph von [free-drikh-vil-helm yoh-zef fuhn], /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/, 1775–1854, German philosopher.
Other words from Schelling
- Schel·ling·ism, Schel·ling·i·an·ism [she-ling-ee-uh-niz-uhm], /ʃɛˈlɪŋ i əˌnɪz əm/, noun
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How to use Schelling in a sentence
In this way, through the agency of Schelling, science raised itself to an absolute point of view.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerWith Hegel, a disciple of Schelling everything becomes pure obscurity, absolute confusion, chaos.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamOne of the joint owners of this property was a young doctor of philosophy, who leaned towards the new school of Schelling.
Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel | Friedrich FroebelAnd what the work of art had been to Schelling, the State was to Hegel.
Schelling alone survives the ruins of the German philosophy.
Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good | Victor Cousin
British Dictionary definitions for Schelling
/ (German ˈʃɛlɪŋ) /
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 of Schelling
- Schellingian (ʃɛˈlɪŋɪən), adjective
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