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Appearing in English for the first time, Schelling's 1842 lectures develop the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions. From the Back Cover Translated here into English for the first time, F. W. J. Schelling's 1842 lectures on the Philosophy of Mythology are an early example of interdisciplinary thinking. In seeking to show the development of the concept of the divine Godhead in and through various mythological systems (particularly of ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Near East), Schelling develops the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions. In so doing, he brings together the essential relatedness of the development of philosophical systems, human language, history, ancient art forms, and religious thought. Along the way, he engages in analyses of modern philosophical views about the origins of philosophy's conceptual abstractions, as well as literary and philological analyses of ancient literature and poetry. "F. W. J. Schelling remains a uniquely passionate, daring, and untimely philosopher. Now, more than 150 years after these lectures were given in Berlin, his time has come. This material is alwa

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Author
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling & Mason Richey & Markus Zisselsberger
Publisher
State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9781435600171
Category
philosophy
Subjects
Philosophy, Religion, History
Rating
4.8 / 5 (15 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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