Historical-Critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology

Appearing in English for the first time, Schelling's 1842 lectures develop the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions.

About the author

Jason M. Wirth is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. He is the author of Schelling's Practice of the Wild: Time, Art, Imagination and The Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time; the translator of The Ages of the World by F. W. J. Schelling; and the coeditor (with Patrick Burke) of The Barbarian Principle: Merleau-Ponty, Schelling, and the Question of Nature, all published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: F W J Schelling, F. W. J. Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Von/ Richey Schelling
• Assisted by: Mason Richey (Translation), Markus Zisselsberger (Translation)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9780791471326
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-7132-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: SUNY Series in Contemporary Co; SUNY Series in Contemporary Co; SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous