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Full Idea
Until the discovery of idealism, the genuine concept of freedom has been missing from every modern system, whether it be that of Leibniz or of Spinoza.
Gist of Idea
Only idealism has given us the genuine concept of freedom
Source
Friedrich Schelling (Of Human Freedom [1809], p.345), quoted by Jean-François Courtine - Schelling p.87
Book Ref
'A Companion to Continental Philosophy', ed/tr. Critchley,S/Schroeder,W [Blackwell 1999], p.87
A Reaction
Spinoza denied free will, and Leibniz fudged it. Evidently more medieval theological accounts were not good enough. I presume Fichte is Schelling's hero, and he seems to see freedom as axiomatic about the Self.
22075 | Only idealism has given us the genuine concept of freedom [Schelling] |
22074 | We must show that the whole of nature, because it is effective, is grounded in freedom [Schelling] |
22076 | Being is only perceptible to itself as becoming [Schelling] |