Untimely Reflections #44: Christopher Satoor (The Young Idealist) - Friedrich Schelling

About this episode

A conversation on Friedrich Schelling and German Idealism, exploring his influence and ideas.

Chris joined me for a conversation on Friedrich Schelling & German Idealism! In spite of his prominence, Schelling tends to be underdiscussed in popular philosophy circles when it comes to the German Idealist tradition. In this episode, we talk about his essay Philosophical Inquiries into the Essence of Human Freedom, the dialectic of potencies that develops out of nature-philosophy, and the relation of Schelling's ideas to those of his school friends at Tubingen - two gentlemen you may or may not have heard of, named Hegel and Holderlin. The three of them were enthusiastic about the French Revolution, and planted a "freedom tree", around which they danced and sang "Hen Kai Pain" - "One and All" - the watchword of Hellenistic pantheists. Schelling's late lectures were attended by everyone from Kierkegaard to Burckhardt to Engels to Bakunin; his views on myth (centering on Apollo and Dionysus) likely influenced Nietzsche, and his notion of the dark ground as a ceaseless impulsive striving echoes in the work of Schopenhauer. At the end of the episode, we have a brief discussion about Chris' thoughts on Deleuze, a philosopher he has drifted away…

People in this episode

Host: Untimely Reflections

Guest: Christopher Satoor

Topics covered

• Friedrich Schelling
• German Idealism
• philosophy
• freedom
• myth
• post-structuralism

Keywords

• Schelling
• German Idealism
• freedom
• Hegel
• Holderlin
• myth
• post-structuralism
• philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Philosophical Inquiries into the Essence of Human Freedom, Exceeding Reason: Freedom and Religion in Schelling and Nietzsche, Freedom Essay

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