An English translation of Schelling's "Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature" (first published in 1797 and revised in 1803), one of the most significant works in the German tradition of philosophy of nature and early 19th-century philosophy of science. Translator(s): Harris, Errol E.; Heath, Peter. Series: Texts in German Philosophy. Num Pages: 324 pages, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494. . 1989. 2nd Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature: As Introduction to the Study of This Science 1797 (Texts in German Philosophy)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521357330
ISBN 13: 9780521357333
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 2nd Edition
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This is an English translation of Schelling's Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature (first published in 1797 and revised in 1803), one of the most significant works in the German tradition of philosophy of nature and early nineteenth-century philosophy of science. It stands in opposition to the Newtonian picture of matter as constituted by inert, impenetrable particles, and argues instead for matter as an equilibrium of active forces that engage in dynamic polar opposition to one another. In the revisions of 1803 Schelling incorporated this dialectical view into a neo-Platonic conception of an original unity divided upon itself. The text is of more than simply historical interest: its daring and original vision of nature, philosophy, and empirical science will prove absorbing reading for all philosophers concerned with post-Kantian German idealism, for scholars of German Romanticism, and for historians of science.

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This is the first English translation of Schelling's Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature, one of the most significant works in the German tradition of philosophy of nature and early nineteenth-century philosophy of science. It stands in opposition to the Newtonian picture of matter as constituted by inert, impenetrable particles, and argues instead for matter as an equilibrium of active forces that engage in dynamic polar opposition to one another.

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