Ages of the World

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Ages of the World is an unfinished philosophical work by German idealist Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling that explores the dynamic origins of the world, time, and consciousness.

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instanceOf philosophical work
unfinished work
author F. W. J. Schelling NERFINISHED
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling NERFINISHED
centralConcept dynamic ground of being
freedom and necessity
pre-temporal ground
process of becoming
countryOfOrigin Germany
explores emergence of time from eternity
history as unfolding of divine life
origin of subjectivity
relationship between God and world
genre metaphysics
philosophy of nature
speculative philosophy
hasEnglishTitle Ages of the World self-link
hasPart first draft of 1811
second draft of 1813
third draft of 1815
hasTheme creation as ongoing process
dark ground of God
primordial will
tension between order and chaos
influenced Martin Heidegger
Slavoj Žižek
contemporary continental philosophy
influencedBy Baruch Spinoza
Christian theosophy
Immanuel Kant
Johann Gottlieb Fichte NERFINISHED
language German
mainSubject consciousness
origin of the world
time
movement Jena Romanticism
surface form: German Romanticism
notableFor complex speculative style
multiple incomplete drafts
originalTitle Die Weltalter
philosophicalDiscipline cosmology
ontology
philosophical theology
philosophicalTradition German idealism
publicationStatus posthumously published in parts
relatedWork Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom
System of Transcendental Idealism
workPeriod early 19th century

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Ages of the World hasEnglishTitle Ages of the World self-link
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling mainWork Ages of the World
Schelling notableWork Ages of the World
subject surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling