Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

German philosopher (1775–1854)

thumb|Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854), considered the primary figure of Naturphilosophie "Naturphilosophie" (German for "nature-philosophy") is a term used in English-language philosophy to identify a current in the philosophical tradition of German idealism, as applied to the study of nature in the earlier 19th century. German speakers use the clearer term "Romantische Naturphilosophie", the philosophy of nature developed at the time of the founding of German Romanticism. It is particularly associated with the philosophical work of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Geo