In this paper I have shown the ways in which Schelling thinks through and posits a new conception of freedom. Freedom is reconsidered as the constitutive element of creation, rather than as a derivative property. His investigations into human freedom take into account both a pantheistic world-view and a reconsideration of the meaning of "identity". Specifically, I have shown that Schelling revitalizes these old doctrines in order to maintain their status as living. In this vein we are given over to a reconsideration of the Creation as it relates to freedom. In this paper I focus on Schelling's elaboration on the nature of human freedom and the meeting of necessity and freedom in the person. The "system" of freedom reaches a crucial point in the human being's capacity for good and evil, wherein freedom and necessity intertwine in the will of the individual.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:siu.edu/oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:theses-1960 |
| Date | 01 December 2012 |
| Creators | Traman, Ethan Jerald |
| Publisher | OpenSIUC |
| Source Sets | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Theses |
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