On the Life & Philosophy of F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) with Dr. Sean J. McGrath (MUN)

[@yeats7508]

Great video. Dr. Sean is formidable.

[@davidglass1253]

Magnificent presentation of the array of contrastive aspects of Schelling’s rich philosophy. Electrifying.

[@TheYoungIdealist]

Dear David, Thank you kindly for watching this video and for your touching comments. Sean is one of my favorite philosophers and scholars on Schelling so it was a real honor to have him on!

[@MartinJenkins-c9d]

An excellent and insightful overview. Thanks for this.

[@TheYoungIdealist]

You are very welcome, thank you for watching and for commenting!

[@ethanlorenzo702]

Love you Chris, great work! Love, In Hoc and CL

[@TheYoungIdealist]

In Hoc, my fellow brother! Wishing you the very best for the New Year and also to your little bundle of joy; and of course to CL! Thanks, for the support! Sending love, happiness, good health, and success all your way.

[@maximepirard6171]

This is quite fascinating, as is your entire channel. Thanks for this.

[@TheYoungIdealist]

Thank you, Maxime!

[@Parsons4Geist]

Sean is a brilliant mind❤

[@TheYoungIdealist]

Sean is an absolute brilliant man who is passionate about all that he reads and writes on. Being able to chat with him and discuss philosophy is such a huge honor. I consider him one of my mentors!

[@RolfGoebel]

This is a fascinating and passionate introduction to some essential features of Schelling! As a scholar of Schelling's Tübingen roommate Hölderlin, I'd be eager to learn more about the poet's affinity (or disagreement?) with Schelling's philosophy of art, beyond their presumed collaboration on the enigmatic Oldest Systematic Program of German Idealism. It seems that among other things--pietism, an interest in Greek antiquity, a thinking in the dynamic interplay of opposites--both shared a belief in art being the highest symbolic manifestation of truth, nature, subjectivity, and the divine absolute. Perhaps you could share a few of your thoughts on this here?

[@sylviaowega3839]

It was a great video! Thanks.

[@Jedi_Mind_]

😲🤩😳 AWSOME CONTENT CHRIS !!! You did it again. I finished McGrath’s book “ Philosophical Foundations of the Late Schelling: The Turn to the Positive“ a little over a mont age, still digesting it. So seeing the man himself is always a helpful treat !! Thank you mr. Satoor👍

[@TheYoungIdealist]

Sean was such a wonderful guest. I really mean it when I say that I think of him as one of my greatest teachers. I love his work and will continue to promote his ideas. Thank you for your endearing support of my videos and content. I make these videos for people like yourself and I am so grateful that you are so enthusiastic about my channel. I cannot thank you enough!

[@lessismore4470]

Absolutely fascinating. Thanks. Greetings from Poland, by the way.

[@RelatosdeMotocicleta]

Great work!

[@materiaprima6193]

Where does Schelling write of the philosophy of religion?

[@TheYoungIdealist]

@@materiaprima6193 There are several places but what Sean means is an entire period of thinking that stretches back to the 1804 text Philosophy and Religion, followed by the 1809, Philosophical Investigations Into the Essence of Human Freedom, & The Ages of the World 1811 (draft) and of course, the entire foundation of Schelling's Philosophical-Religion can be found in The Philosophy of Revelation (1841-42). But to really understand all of these texts. I highly recommend reading The Grounding of Positive Philosophy and the History of Modern Philosophy by Schelling to preface these works. Best of luck! Let me know if you need any help with secondary resources.

[@materiaprima6193]

@@TheYoungIdealist Thank you for such a thorough response! I will look into all of these. Very interesting ideas presented in the video that I would love to see in text.

[@anarcho-monarchistluddite]

Fascinating stuff man! Thanks for the work you put in to produce informative content. Really opens up a lot of doors for thinking about a plethora of things. If you dont mind, I was wondering if you could recommend some literature that would help me understand Marx's role in the history and development of german philosophy? I've been circling Marx for about a year now and your series has made me want to dive into the ideological arena he comes out of. I'm also very interested in Bakunin, and the philosophical origins of some anarchist thinkers. I know Bakunin attended some Schelling lectures alongside Kierekgaard and Engles but I'd love to explore Schelling's influence. I'm no Schelling expert by any means, but your videos on his nature philosophy reminds me a lot of the Social Ecology of Murray Bookchin. Despite rooting a lot of his positions in radical ideas of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including Hegel, Marx, Bakunin and Elisee Reclus (another thinker whose philosophical origins I think would be interesting to explore), I cant find much about Schelling in the Bookchin writings I have read. Would love to hear your thoughts. Keep up the great work!

[@TheYoungIdealist]

Thank you for your comment and your question anarcho! According to Manfred Frank, Marx's has a closer connection to Schelling's early Naturphilosophie than to Hegel. Frank gives examples from Schelling's numerous arguments on the productions of nature, its mechanization which often leads to forms of nature's own alienation. Nature as a reserve, as a product, and as energy sources. This form of object-product fetishism has led to the decline and decay of the natural essence of nature as a whole. Ernest Bloch's "Spirit of Utopia," takes Schelling's romantic ideas and melds them together with a Marxian philosophy creating a dynamic and robust Marxist Romanticism. I also can't help but mention the early work of Habermas on Schelling whose central thesis is comparing and contrasting both Schelling and Marx's ideas on history. There are also those that trace the anarchist lines in philosophy to Schelling's late thought, this was one of the reasons why Bakunin ventured to Berlin to see Schelling's lectures. Paul Tillich was also inspired by Schelling's middle and late philosophy and used it to help aid in the 50's and 60's Christian Socialist movement. There is also Iain Hamilton Grant who takes Schelling and synthesizes his work with the late Deleuze and Guattari in his book on Philosophies of Nature after Schelling. I hope all of this helped and I apologize for the delayed response.

[@moesypittounikos]

Schelling was also into Swedenborg.

[@TheYoungIdealist]

He really was! Great point! I also enjoy the influence of Oetinger on him! Thanks for your comment!