Schelling and Spinoza : realism, idealism, and the absolute / Benjamin Norris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, Benjamin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854.

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Ethica.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Metaphysics.

Realism.

Idealism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2022]

Summary:

Presents a novel interpretation of Schelling's philosophy by way of his reading and critique of Spinoza.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction: A Crack in the Abyss

1.0. A Note in the Margins

2.0. Schelling and Spinoza

3.0. Realism and Antirealism in Jacobi and Contemporary Philosophy

4.0. Idealism beyond Antirealism

5.0. The Plan

Part I

Chapter 1: Reason, Realism, and Faith in Jacobi and Kant

1.0. Introduction: Rationality, Totality, and Antirealism

2.0. The Difference between Jacobi's and Kant's Critiques of Spinoza

2.1. On Jacobi's Critique of Spinoza

2.2. On Kant's Critique of Spinoza

3.0. Jacobi's Realism

3.1. Life and the Heap of Being

3.2. The Leap Back into the Real

4.0. Conclusion

Chapter 2: Weak Weapons and the Fight Against Dogmatism

1.0. Introduction: Letters to a Friend

2.0. Criticism

2.1. Synthesis, Unity, Egress

2.2. The Tragic Fate of Synthesis

3.0. Dogmatism

3.1. Spinoza and the Riddle of All Philosophy

4.0. Subjects and Objects

4.1. Subject, Object, and Intellectual Intuition: Kant

4.2. Subject, Object, and Creative Reason: Schelling

5.0. Conclusion

Part II

Chapter 3: Spinoza and Schelling on Identity and Difference

1.0. Introduction: Spinoza, the Undeniable Predecessor

2.0. The Need for Identity

2.1. Identity: Spinoza

2.2. Identity: Schelling

3.0. Thinking through the Most Monstrous Thought

3.1. Differentiation: Spinoza

3.2. Differentiation: Schelling

Chapter 4: Realism, Idealism, and Parallelism

1.0. Introduction: Against Abrasive Philosophy

2.0. Idealism, Elimination, and Amplification

2.1. Eliminative Idealism as Inverted Spinozism

2.2. Idealism as Amplification

3.0. Realism sive Natura

3.1. Schelling's Critique of Attribute Dualism

3.2. Auto‑Affective Spirit as Precursor to the Absolute

Part III

Chapter 5: Divine Indigestion.

1.0. Introduction: Identity Crisis

2.0. The Strictures of Beginning

2.1. Antinomies and Impossibilities

2.2. The PSR and the Destruction of the World

3.0. The Doubling of Absolute Identity

3.1. The Nature of Intussusception

3.2. Doubling in God and Philosophy

Chapter 6: From Freedom to Pantheism

1.0. Introduction: An Unfamiliar Schelling

2.0. Freedom and Flowers

2.1. Another Nature

2.2. State

2.3. Church

3.0. The Tripartite Tripartite Soul

3.1. Temperament

3.2. L'esprit

3.3. Soul

4.0. Revelation and Reconciliation

4.1. The Life after Life

4.2. At the End

Conclusion: The Poverty of Thought and the Madness of Living Well

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Norris, Benjamin Schelling and Spinoza

ISBN:

9781438489544

OCLC:

1337067289