Michael G. Vater is Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Marquette University. He translated and edited Schelling's Bruno or On the Natural and Divine Principle of Things, also published by SUNY Press. David W. Wood is a postdoctoral researcher at the Fichte Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany. He translated and edited Novalis's Notes for a Romantic Encyclopaedia: Das Allgemeine Brouillon, also published by SUNY Press.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The Trajectory of German Philosophy After Kant and the "Difference" Between Fichte and Schelling J. G. Fichte/F. W. J. Schelling: Correspondence 1800-1802Introduction to the Texts of J. G. Fichte J. G. Fichte, Texts-Announcement-New Version of the Wissenschaftslehre (1800)[Extract]-Commentaries on Schelling’s System of Transcendental Idealism and Presentation of My System of Philosophy (1800-1801) Introduction to the Texts of F. W. J. Schelling F. W. J. Schelling, Texts-Presentation of My System of Philosophy (1801) and Essays on Philosophical Methodology (1802)Notes to Introductionto Fichte-Schelling Correspondenceto Fichte Textsto Schelling TextsSchelling BibliographyIndex

"…Michael G. Vater and David W. Wood's volume amounts to an immeasurable service for the English-speaking world." — Clio"The book presents an unparalleled opportunity to observe an important set of [Fichte and Schelling's] philosophical exchanges and has the potential to affect one's understanding of post-Kantian philosophy in a lasting way … This well-conceived and carefully edited volume shines a bright light on a crucial and formative time in the lives of both Fichte and Schelling." — Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Vater and Wood have given us a real gift: a strong and philosophically provocative edition of this indispensible exchange. A thoughtful and very helpful essay that puts many of the issues into a fresh philosophical perspective precedes the letters, and some of the important primary texts germane to this debate follow them. For lovers of German idealism, this is a text of great interest and its appearance calls for celebration." — Jason M. Wirth, author of The Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time