Schelling's Turn from the Philosophy of "I" toward the Philosophy of Spirit in the System of Transcendental Idealism
Abstract
Schelling's System of Transcendental Idealism is in the older literature usually described as a fichtian work, ie. as the transcendental philosophy of "I". Indeed, Schelling is Fichte's scholar in the progress from the unconditional knowledge, which can be only the knowledge of "I" self, and in many phases, through which the explanation of "I" proceeds.
But Schelling is Fichte's creative scholar, not only an epigon. K.
I. Reinhold is another Schelling's inspiration.
According to Reinhold, all the life of I, which consists as in the consciousness of self as in the consciousness of images of the outer world, is happening in images. The highlight of the transcendental interpretation of "I" is the interpretation of the "thing-in-itself", i.e. the object which is given the objective meaning by "I", and the interpretation of the self-perception of "I" as of something objective.
In our interpretation, however, the main emphasis is laid on the section of practical philosophy. The final section, concerning the philosophy of arts, forms a bolt between the philosophy of nature and the transcendental philosophy of "I".