Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling: Band I,6: Von der Weltseele – eine Hypothese der höhern Physik zur Erklärung des allgemeinen Organismus (1798)

After the construction of matter and qualities in the ›Ideas‹, in ›Von der Weltseele‹ (On the World Soul) Schelling dealt with the second major and traditional problem of Kant, organic nature. As in the ›Ideas‹, the constant reference to contemporary science is typical of the text. The edition provides the text of the 1st edition with the versions of the 2nd (1806) und 3rd (1809) edition and the ›Sämmtlichen Werke‹ (Complete Works). For the first time, Schelling‘s handwritten notes on corrections for the 2nd edition, part of his literary remains, have been published. Detailed editorial reports, annotations, indexes and a bibliography make the text accessible.