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"In 1815, F. W. J. Schelling presented a lecture, "On the Deities of Samothrace," before the king of Bavaria. This lecture, which is one of the most original readings of the ancient mystery religion on the island of Samothrace, would become Schelling's last major publication and is the key initial work in what came to be known as his Philosophy of Mythology. Now, for the first time in English, this critical edition contains the entirety of Schelling's original text, including the lecture itself, as well as Schelling's extensive critical and philological endnotes. It also offers an afterword, along with copious explanatory notes and three new essays by the editors and translators that elucidate Schelling's text for contemporary readers. On the Deities of Samothrace is one of Schelling's most original and exciting works. It is a signature text in what Schelling later called philosophical religion, and it is a singular work in the philosophy of religion"--
List of contents
Translators' Preface
Acknowledgments
General Introduction
Part One: F. W. J. Schelling, On the Deities of Samothrace
1. Schelling's Lecture, Endnotes, and Afterword
2. Explanatory Notes on Schelling's Lecture
3. Explanatory Notes on Schelling's Endnotes
Part Two: Three Essays on Schelling's Deities of Samothrace
4. Schelling
archaeologicus, by David Farrell Krell
5. The Importance of Schelling's
Deities of Samothrace for His Own Work and for His Contemporaries, by Alexander Bilda
6. The Advent of the Return of the Cabiri, by Jason M. Wirth
Notes
Index
About the author
F. W. J. Schelling. Edited and translated by Alexander Bilda, Jason M. Wirth, and David Farrell Krell.
