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Friedrich Schelling

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854) was a central figure in German Idealism, bridging the thought of Fichte and Hegel. His major works, including System of Transcendental Idealism (1800) and Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom (1809), developed a "philosophy of identity" that sought to unite nature and spirit, and later evolved into a theosophical exploration of good and evil. Schelling’s influence extends to existentialism, Romanticism, and later critiques of rationalism through his emphasis on the unconscious and the irrational ground of existence.

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