Schelling, Hegel, and the Philosophy of Nature - From Matter to Spirit

This book develops an original interpretation of the relationship between F.W.J. Schelling and G.W.F. Hegel. It argues that the difference between these philosophers must be understood in light of their shared commitment to the philosophy of nature and the idea that spirit, or humanity, emerges from the natural world.

List of contents

Introduction Part 1: Schelling 1. Subjectivity in Nature 2. Dynamics, Physics, Organics 3. The Generation of Spirit Part 2: Hegel 4. Nature as Self-External Reason 5. Nature's Logic 6. The Self-Formation of Matter 7. Life and the Liberation of Spirit Part 3: Conclusion 8. Logical Emergence and the History of Nature

About the author

Benjamin Berger is Visiting Assistant Professor and the current director of the philosophy program at the University of Hartford. He is the co-author of The Schelling-Eschenmayer Controversy, 1801 (2020) and co-editor of The Schelling Reader (2021).

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Berger, Benjamin (Trinity College Berger
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032602929
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260292-9
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought