¿Qué era yo antes de ser yo?

Lecturas cruzadas de Fichte y Schelling

Katia Hay

in: Verano/Verão 2011, Revista de estud(i)os sobre Fichte 3, 2011.

Abstract

In this paper I try to show the way in which F.W.J. Schelling’s philosophical writing (i.e. not only the content, but also the form or style in which he writes) can be seen as a performative response and critique to Fichte’s system from 1794. In the first part I analyse a passage from Schelling’s Freedom Essay in order to open the question - which also constitutes the guiding thread of my reading: who were we before we became conscious? And in the second part I compare the similarities and differences between Fichte's and Schelling's response to this question.

Cited authors

Fichte Johann Gottlieb

Schelling Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph