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The
Conspiracy of Life:
Meditations on
Schelling and His Time
Jason M. Wirth
State University of New York Press
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
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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.
2003
193—dc21
2003057265
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
in honor of and in gratitude for my students
past, present, and future
Contents
Introduction 1
1 The Nameless Good 5
2 Theos Kai Pan 33
3 Nature 65
4 Direct Experience 101
5 Art 131
6 Evil 155
7 The Haunting 191
8Purus≥ottama 219
Notes 235
Bibliography 265
Index 281
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