Schelling

[ shel-ing ]

/ ˈʃɛl ɪŋ /

noun

Frie·drich Wil·helm Jo·seph von

[free-drikh vil-helm yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/,1775–1854, German philosopher.

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Schel·ling·ism, Schel·ling·i·an·ism

[she-ling-ee-uh-niz-uh m] /ʃɛˈlɪŋ i əˌnɪz əm/, noun

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Schelling restored the external world to its place as an objective reality, no fiction, no projection from the human mind.

Transcendentalism in New England |Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Since then Schelling has made numerous tours at home and abroad.

Great Pianists on Piano Playing |James Francis Cooke
Schelling declares it is "pure activity with the negation of all being."

Astronomical Myths |John F. Blake
These ideas constitute Schelling's contribution to an idealistic and, of course, an essentially monistic view of the universe.

Edward Caldwell Moore |Edward Moore

Kneisel flew home for his violin, Schelling sat down at the piano, and the two played Bach for her and to her delight.

Julia Ward Howe |Laura E. Richards

British Dictionary definitions for schelling

Schelling

/ (German ˈʃɛlɪŋ) /

noun

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈjoːzɛf fɔn). 1775–1854, German philosopher. He expanded Fichte's idea that there is one reality, the infinite and absolute Ego, by regarding nature as an absolute being working towards self-consciousness. His works include Ideas towards a Philosophy of Nature (1797) and System of Transcendental Idealism (1800)

Derived forms of Schelling

Schellingian (ʃɛˈlɪŋɪən), adjective

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