This book develops an original interpretation of the relationship between F.W.J. Schelling and G.W.F. Hegel. It argues that the difference between these philosophers must be understood in light of their shared commitment to the philosophy of nature and the idea that spirit, or humanity, emerges from the natural world.

Benjamin Berger is Visiting Assistant Professor and the current director of the philosophy program at the University of Hartford. He is the co-author of The Schelling-Eschenmayer Controversy, 1801 (2020) and co-editor of The Schelling Reader (2021).