On the History of Modern Philosophy

F. W. J. Schelling's On the History of Modern Philosophy surveys philosophy from Descartes to German Idealism and shows why the Idealist project is ultimately doomed to failure.

F. W. J. von Schelling (Author), Andrew Bowie (Edited and translated by)

9780521408615, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 May 1994

208 pages
22.9 x 16.4 x 1.4 cm, 0.34 kg

"...a challenging attempt to comprehend modern philosophy, and an intriguing glimpse into the work of a philosopher whose later development as a thinker has evaded translation into English. Bowie's careful and literal-minded treatment of Schelling's thought and difficult prose style should serve as a spur (and as a model) for future Schelling translations." Peter Simpson, Review of Metaphysics

On the History of Modern Philosophy is a key transitional text in the history of European philosophy. In it, F. W. J. Schelling surveys philosophy from Descartes to German Idealism and shows why the Idealist project is ultimately doomed to failure. The lectures trace the path of philosophy from Descartes through Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Fichte, Jacobi, to Hegel and Schelling's own work. The extensive critiques of Hegel prefigure many of the arguments to be found in Feuerbach, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida. This is the first English translation of On the History of Modern Philosophy. In his introduction Andrew Bowie sets the work in the context of Schelling's career and clarifies its philosophical issues. The translation will be of special interest to philosophers, intellectual historians, literary theorists, and theologians.

Translator's preface
Acknowledgements
Translator's introduction
Part I. On the History of Modern Philosophy: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Wolff
Kant, Fichte and the System of Transcendental Idealism
The philosophy of nature
Hegel
Jacobi and theosophy
On national differences in philosophy
Index.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [HPCD]