In my thesis I focus on the concept of the unconscious in Schelling's philosophy. His contribution to the field of the unconscious resonated loudly through the intellectual world of the 19. century. I place Schelling in context of his predecessors and present relevant foundations for his work in Fichte's theory of the absolute I and within Kant's Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. I follow Schelling's derivation of the unconscious from his early Naturphilosophie through System of Transcendental Idealism to Philosophical Inquiries into the Essence of Human Freedom. Despite the fact that the concept varies and develops over time, it remains one of the few constants of Schelling's thought.
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