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Author Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854.

Title Clara, or, On nature's connection to the spirit world / F.W.J. Schelling ; translated, with an introduction, by Fiona Steinkamp.

Publication Info. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xliii, 116 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109) and index.
Summary "This is the first English translation of Schelling's novel, most likely written after the death of his first wife, Caroline, the former wife of August Wilhelm Schlegel. Although only a fragment, Clara remains unique. Part novella, part philosophical tome, its central theme is the connection between this world and the next. Schelling masterfully weaves together his knowledge of animal magnetism, literary techniques, and his doctrine of the potencies to make his philosophy accessible to all." "Steinkamp addresses the main issues concerning the dating of the work - many commentators have deemed Clara to be a sketch for Schelling's The Ages of the World or an outline for the third, missing book of that work - and provides a short biography of Schelling with particular emphasis on events claimed to play a role in the conception of Clara, such as the deaths of both Caroline and her daughter, Auguste. She also shows how passages in Clara are strikingly similar to the content of Schelling's touching letters mourning Caroline, written to Pauline, the daughter of Caroline's best friend and the woman who would become his second wife. Clara, strongly influenced by the Romantic movement, is an early illustration of Schelling's attempt to unite his positive and negative philosophy."--Jacket.
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Subject Spiritualism (Philosophy)
Spiritualism (Philosophy)
Philosophy of nature.
Philosophy of nature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Clara. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016001304
Clara
On nature's connection to the spirit world
Other Form: Print version: Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854. Clara. English. Clara, or, On nature's connection to the spirit world. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2002 079145407X 0791454088 (DLC) 2002066903 (OCoLC)49617498
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