Schelling's Dialogical Freedom Essay: Provocative Philosophy Then and Now (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Explores Schelling's Essay on Human Freedom, focusing on the themes of freedom, evil, and love, and the relationship between his ideas and those of Plato and Kant. State University of New York Press Cover 1 Title Page 5 Contents 9 Acknowledgments 11 Introduction 13 1. The Unfolding of the Task 17 2. Freedom, Pantheism, and Idealism 31 3. The Account of the Possibility of Evil 43 4. The Account of the Actuality of Freedom 67 5. The Real Concept of Freedom—The Formal Side 81 6. The Description of the Manifestation of Evil in Humanity 89 7. God as Moral Being—The Nature of the Whole with Respect to FreedomVII 99 8. Indifference and the Birth of Love 109 Conclusion 121 Notes 131 Selected Bibliography 147 Index 151 A 151 B 151 C 151 D 152 E 152 F 152 G 152 H 153 I 153 J 153 K 153 L 153 M 154 N 154 O 154 P 154 Q 155 R 155 S 155 T 156 V 156 W 156 X 156 ISBN-13: 9780791476031,ISBN-10: 0791476030 ISBN-13:,9780791476031,ISBN-10:,0791476030 "With clarity and liveliness, Bernard Freydberg explores the major themes treated in Schelling's final public work: freedom, imagination, the nature of God, indifference, and love. Freydberg also examines Schilling's engagement with philosophy's history, including the relationship between his ideas and those of Plato and Kant, his oracular and mythical languages, and his relevance to contemporary thought."--Jacket With clarity and liveliness, Bernard Freydberg explores the major themes treated in Schelling's final public work: freedom, imagination, the nature of God, indifference, and love. Freydberg also examines Schelling's engagement with philosophy's history, including the relationship between his ideas and those of Plato and Kant, his oracular and mythical languages, and his relevance to contemporary thought.