‘‘Altars to the beautiful necessity’’: The significance of F. W. J. Schelling’s ‘‘philosophical inquiries in the nature of human freedom’’ in the development of Ralph Waldo emerson’s concept of fate
(2015)
Journal Article
Greenham, D. (2015). ‘‘Altars to the beautiful necessity’’: The significance of F. W. J. Schelling’s ‘‘philosophical inquiries in the nature of human freedom’’ in the development of Ralph Waldo emerson’s concept of fate. Journal of the History of Ideas, 76(1), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2015.0001
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 1860 essay “Fate” has long been recognised as one of his most important essays. This paper is the first to examine the significance for Emerson of his reading of F. W. J. Shelling’s “Inquiry into the Nature of Human Freedom” usi... Read More about ‘‘Altars to the beautiful necessity’’: The significance of F. W. J. Schelling’s ‘‘philosophical inquiries in the nature of human freedom’’ in the development of Ralph Waldo emerson’s concept of fate.