On the History of Modern Philosophy

by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and F.W.J. von Schelling

Book Overview

On the History of Modern Philosophy is a key transitional text in the history of European philosophy. In it F.W.J. Schelling surveys philosophy from Descartes to German Idealism and shows why the Idealist project is ultimately doomed to failure. Schelling's work traces the path of philosophy from Descartes through Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Fichte, Jacobi, to Hegel and Schelling's own work. The extensive critiques of Hegel prefigure many of the arguments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521402999
• ISBN13: 9780521402996
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"