April 29, 2005

Reviving Interest in a Long-Ignored German Philosopher

By RICHARD BYRNE

Jason M. Wirth, an associate professor of philosophy at Oglethorpe University

Long considered a minor precursor to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the German philosopher F.W.J. von Schelling (1775-1854) is experiencing a renaissance among contemporary thinkers. Mr. Wirth has edited a collection of new essays on this long-ignored philosopher, Schelling Now: Contemporary Readings (Indiana University Press), including an essay by the Slovenian writer Slavoj Zizek, who reads Schelling via

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