First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of NatureAppearing here in English for the first time, this is F. W. J. Schelling's vital document of the attempts of German Idealism and Romanticism to recover a deeper relationship between humanity and nature and to overcome the separation between mind and matter induced by the modern reductivist program. Written in 1799 and building upon his earlier work, First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature provides the most inclusive exposition of Schelling's philosophy of the natural world. He presents a startlingly contemporary model of an expanding and contracting universe; a unified theory of electricity, gravity magnetism, and chemical forces; and, perhaps most importantly, a conception of nature as a living and organic whole. |
Contents
Title Page of Schelling 1799 Edition | 1 |
Foreword to Schelling 1799 Edition | 3 |
OUTLINE OF THE WHOLE | 5 |
FIRST DIVISION | 13 |
SECOND DIVISION | 71 |
THIRD DIVISION | 105 |
INTRODUCTION TO THE OUTLINE OF A SYSTEM OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE OR ON THE CONCEPT OF SPECULATIVE PHYSICS... | 193 |
Scientific Authors | 233 |
NOTES | 239 |
ENGLISHGERMAN GLOSSARY | 249 |
GERMANENGLISH GLOSSARY | 253 |
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absolute absolute product according actants action already animal anorganic antithesis appear atomistic becomes body canceled chemical affinity chemical process concept condition construction of matter deduced deoxidation difference duplicity Earth electrical process empirical empiricism evolution existence explained expression F. W. J. Schelling factor force of reproduction formation formative drive functions galvanic graduated series gravity Hermann Krings heterogeneity higher homogeneous ical idea identity indecomposable indifference individual infinite infinite series infinity inhibited insofar intuition intussusception irritability Kant Kant’s light magnetism material means mechanism mediated merely Naturphilosophie negative object ofNature opposed opposition organic activity organic nature organic product Original note.—Trans oxygen phenomena phenomenon philosophy of nature positive possible potency presupposes principle process of combustion productivity of Nature proportion receptivity relation Schelling Schelling’s sensibility specific speculative physics spheres of affinity stimulus substances synthesis technical drive tendency theory thought tion transcendental tricity ture unconditioned whole of Nature