Schelling and Spinoza

Benjamin Norris is an independent scholar.

• PrefaceIntroduction: A Crack in the Abyss1.0. A Note in the Margins2.0. Schelling and Spinoza3.0. Realism and Antirealism in Jacobi and Contemporary Philosophy4.0. Idealism beyond Antirealism5.0. The PlanPart I Chapter 1: Reason, Realism, and Faith in Jacobi and Kant1.0. Introduction: Rationality, Totality, and Antirealism2.0. The Difference Between Jacobi's and Kant's Critiques of Spinoza3.0. Jacobi's Realism4.0. ConclusionChapter 2: Weak Weapons and the Fight Against Dogmatism1.0. Introduction: Letters to a Friend2.0. Criticism3.0. Dogmatism4.0. Subjects and Objects5.0. ConclusionPart II Chapter 3: Spinoza and Schelling on Identity and Difference1.0. Introduction: Spinoza, the Undeniable Predecessor2.0. The Need for Identity3.0. Thinking through the Most Monstrous Thought4.0. ConclusionChapter 4: Realism, Idealism, and Parallelism1.0. Introduction: Against Abrasive Philosophy2.0. Idealism, Elimination, and Amplification3.0. Realism sive Natura4.0. ConclusionPart III Chapter 5: Divine Indigestion1.0. Introduction: Identity Crisis2.0. The Strictures of Beginning3.0. The Doubling of Absolute Identity4.0. ConclusionChapter 6: From Freedom to Pantheism1.0. Introduction: An Unfamiliar Schelling2.0. Freedom and Flowers3.0. The Tripartite Tripartite Soul4.0. Revelation and Reconciliation5.0. ConclusionConclusion: The Poverty of Thought and the Madness of Living WellNotesBibliographyIndex

"Compellingly presented, painstakingly researched and sourced, as well as commendably readable, Norris makes an intriguing case for Schelling's relevance to the contemporary concerns of both continental and analytic philosophy." — Dale E. Snow, Loyola University Maryland