PHILOSOPHER

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

1775 - 1854

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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈjoːzɛf ˈʃɛlɪŋ]; 27 January 1775 – 20 August 1854), later (after 1812) von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him between Johann Gottlieb Fichte, his mentor in his early years, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, his one-time university roommate, early friend, and later rival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling has received more than 846,065 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling is the 70th most popular philosopher (up from 77th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 90th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Philosopher.

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling was a German philosopher who was most famous for his work in the philosophy of nature and the philosophy of mythology.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ranks 70 out of 1,267. Before him are Gorgias, Edmund Husserl, Al-Kindi, Antonio Gramsci, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Ludwig Feuerbach. After him are Zeno of Citium, Karl Jaspers, Rudolf Steiner, George Berkeley, Ramakrishna, and Jürgen Habermas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ranks 3. Before him are Jane Austen, and André-Marie Ampère. After him are J. M. W. Turner, Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène François Vidocq, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, and Georg Friedrich Grotefend. Among people deceased in 1854, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ranks 2. Before him is Georg Ohm. After him are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Abbas I of Egypt, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Johann Peter Eckermann, Charles III, Duke of Parma, Karl Adolph von Basedow, Józef Elsner, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, and Zénaïde Bonaparte.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ranks 72 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Fromm (1900), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Albertus Magnus (1206), and Clara Schumann (1819). After him are Erich von Manstein (1887), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Richard Strauss (1864), Friedrich Paulus (1890), Charles the Bald (823), and Martin Bormann (1900).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ranks 8. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), Friedrich Engels (1820), Martin Heidegger (1889), Hannah Arendt (1906), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), and Ludwig Feuerbach (1804). After him are Karl Jaspers (1883), Jürgen Habermas (1929), Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Walter Benjamin (1892), and Meister Eckhart (1260).

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