The Conspiracy of Life

Jason M. Wirth

Description

The Conspiracy of Life offers a series of meditations on the philosophy of F. W. J. Schelling (1775–1854), a great—and greatly neglected—philosopher of life. Rather than construing him as a loopy mystic, or as an antiquated theologian, Jason M. Wirth attempts to locate Schelling as the belated contemporary of thinkers like Heidegger, Derrida, Bataille, Irigaray, Foucault, Deleuze, Levinas, and many others. As such, Schelling is already at the central nerve of current discussions concerning the crisis of truth; the primacy of the Good; the ecstatic nature of time; the nature of art; deep ecology; the world as an aesthetic phenomenon; comparative philosophy; the possibility of non-dialectical philosophy; radical evil; the haunting of philosophy; and the possibility of a philosophical religion.

Introduction

1. The Nameless God

2. Theos Kai Pan

3. Nature

4. Direct Experience

5. Art

6. Evil

7. The Haunting

8. Purusottama

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

• Philosophy

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791486603
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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The Conspiracy ofLife M e d i t a t i o n s o n S c h e l l i n g a n d H i s Ti m e

JASON M. WIRTH

The Conspiracy of Life

SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy

Dennis J. Schmidt, editor

The Conspiracy of Life

Meditations on Schelling and His Time

Jason M. Wirth

State University of New York Press

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Wirth, Jason M., 1963– The conspiracy of life : meditations on Schelling and his time / Jason M. Wirth. p. cm. — (SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5793-1 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5794-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775–1854. I. Title. II. Series.

B2898.W57 2003 193—dc21

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in honor of and in gratitude for my students

past, present, and future

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Introduction

The Nameless Good Theos Kai Pan Nature Direct Experience Art Evil The Haunting Purus≥ottama

Notes Bibliography Index

Contents

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An die Geliebte

Lange lag die verschwiegene Sphinx vor den traulichen Briefen, Ruhig gestreckt, wie sie einst lag vor dem Tempelgebäu. Jetzt sind eroffnet die Briefe, und jedermann liest das Geheimniß, Jedermann weiß, daß wir innig und ewig vereint. Glückliche Zeiten der Liebe; das schön entflohne Geheimniß Deute nun weniger ernst dir die geflügelte Sphinx. Doch erblickst du das Rad, das unter der Tatze sich wendet, Deut’ es mir schaltheitsvoll nicht auf Veränderlichkeit, Deut’ es auf innerer Liebe Beständigkeit, selige Ruhe In der Bewegung der Welt, unter dem Wechsel der Zeit.

To the Beloved

The silent sphinx has long lay amidst mournful letters, Stretched out peacefully, just as it once did before the temple. The letters are now open and everyone reads the mystery, Everyone knows that we are inwardly and eternally united. Fortunate times of love; the mystery that has flown beautifully by— The winged sphinx now points less seriously to you. Yet you glimpse the wheel that spins around beneath the paw, It points me full of spinning not towards variability, It points me towards the constancy of inner love, blessed peace In the movement of the world, under the rotation of time.

—Schelling, December 24, 1812 (I/10, 451)

Initium ut esset homo creatus est. —Augustine,The City of God(book XII, chapter 20)