The Philosophy Of Life, And Philosophy Of Language: In A Course Of Lectures - Softcover

Friedrich Von Schlegel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461779714 ISBN 13: 9780461779714

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

The Philosophy Of Life, And Philosophy Of Language: In A Course Of Lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel presents a philosophy of life rooted in the inner life and experiential spirituality, opposing purely abstract metaphysics and treating knowledge as arising from lived spiritual experience. Language and art are understood as outward expressions of an inner life. The work maps a fourfold consciousness—understanding, will, reason, and fancy—mediated by conscience and memory, whose discord drives doubt but also grounds eventual unity when life is restored to harmony. A central aim is unity achieved when spirit, soul, and an interior divine center converge; feeling acts as a bridge that harmonizes thought and will. Language is the living copy of inner life, and language development reflects a history of mind across Sanscrit, Persian, Greek, Hebrew, and other traditions. Innate ideas are treated skeptically, with recollection of eternal love reframed as transcendental memory linked to eternity, shaping a nuanced view of time, eternity, and death as a transition rather than negation. The book contrasts two paths to the divine and elevates faith, hope, and love as the core “vowels” of consciousness, guiding both science and religious insight. It critiques absolute rationalism and the idolization of art, arguing that genuine faith and love anchor truthful art. A universal language of art is proposed, rooted in eternal feelings, enabling cross-cultural communication when fidelity to spiritual core is maintained. Practical warnings against reason-dominant truth, worship of genius divorced from love, and spurious faith pervade, urging a balanced cultivation of reason, fancy, conscience, memory, and feeling within a divine-centered framework. The text outlines a twelve-part alphabet of consciousness (eight faculties plus three higher principles) that culminates in a unified, God-centered view of human existence.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461779714
• ISBN 13: 9780461779714
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592