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Summary
Through a dialogue among five imagined historical figures—Anselm, Alexander, Lucian, Bruno, and Polychinio—Schelling breaks free from the transcendental philosophical paradigm of Kant and Fichte: he no longer grounds the objective in subjective consciousness but establishes the groundedness and order of the objective itself.
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Professional readers studying German classical philosophy and attending to the development of Schelling's thought
- Philosophy enthusiasts who have read Kant or Fichte and wish to understand Schelling's philosophical turn
- Deep readers interested in the dialogue genre and the process of philosophical argumentation
- Philosophy students using it as extended reading for courses in the history of Western philosophy
Not a good fit for
- General readers with no philosophical background who seek an easy introduction
- Readers who want only philosophical conclusions and are unwilling to follow the argumentative process
- Readers looking for literary dialogue works rather than philosophical texts
Reading tips
- First understand the basic problematic of Schelling's "philosophy of identity" period, then enter the main dialogue.
- While reading, note each interlocutor's position and trace the lines along which the debate advances.
- When encountering key concepts, slow down and confirm their meaning from context before continuing.
- After finishing, return to the problem as set out at the beginning and test your grasp of the direction of the argument.
About the publisher
Peking University Press is a comprehensive university press whose publishing areas cover classical literature, popular science, social culture, world history, Western philosophy, and culture. Its catalogue contains 6,031 titles, with representative books including A Dream of Red Mansions, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (15th Edition) (with Einstein's classic papers on unified field theory and other topics), Elements, Conics, The Aristocratic Families of the Eastern Jin, The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume I), The Philosophy of Mythology (Volume II), and The Origin of Continents and Oceans. Representative authors include Cao Xueqin, Zhou Ruchang, Albert Einstein, Euclid, Apollonius, Tian Yuqing, Schelling, and Xian Gang. The press has developed distinctive strengths in classical Chinese literature and in the translation of Western philosophical classics, while also covering scientific classics and social and cultural studies. As public information is limited, this description is based only on the books in the catalogue and offers no further extrapolation.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 中文版“谢林著作集”说明
- 译者序
- 布鲁诺
- 论全部哲学批判的本质
- 论绝对同一性体系及其与最新的（莱茵霍尔德）二元论的关系
- 人名索引
- 主要译名对照
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About the author
Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854) was a German classical philosopher and a major representative of German idealism. He devoted himself to philosophical inquiry and writing over a long career and holds a distinctive place in the development of German classical philosophy. His thought engaged with issues such as transcendental idealism, and his writing combines an ambition for systematic construction with speculative tension. The library holds two of his works: Bruno and A History of Modern Philosophy. The former presents philosophical discussion in dialogue form, while the latter traces the development of modern philosophy; both fall within the categories of philosophical reading and Western philosophy. Because public information is limited, details of his life and the full scope of his thought cannot be described at length. His extant works nonetheless show his concern with the overall construction of philosophical systems and the inner evolution of the history of philosophy, and his writing has had a lasting influence on later German philosophy and on the Western philosophical tradition as a whole, making him an indispensable figure for understanding German idealism.
Zhuang Zhenhua is an author about whom limited public information is available. Four of his works are currently held in the collection, mainly centering on philosophy, especially natural philosophy and Hegelian thought. Representative works include The System of All Philosophy, Especially Natural Philosophy; Bruno; The Idea of a Natural Philosophy; and Hegel's World of Thought: Essays on the Science of Logic. These titles suggest that his writing focuses on an overall grasp of philosophical systems, the conceptual construction of natural philosophy, and thematic discussions of Hegel's logic, while also touching on the philosophical figure Bruno. His works are often classified under Eastern philosophy, philosophical reading, and social culture, indicating a certain cross-disciplinary readership. Overall, Zhuang Zhenhua is an author primarily engaged in the history of philosophy and natural philosophy, with a style that emphasizes theoretical speculation and systematic exposition, suitable for readers interested in Western philosophy and intellectual history.
