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Legebeke, Alexander (2025)

Reason and Revelation: F. W. J. Schelling’s Freiheitsschrift in the Context of Pierre Bayle’s Theodicy

Master thesis | Philosophy (MA) (60 EC)
The following paper situates Schelling’s Freedom Essay within a broader historical framework by interpreting it in the context of its philosophical novelties and how these relate to Bayle’s lemmas on ‘Spinoza’ and ‘Manichaeans’. In analysing the Freedom Essay both philosophically and historically, I defend the central thesis that Schelling’s Freedom Essay should be considered beyond a mere episode of German idealist philosophy and, through Bayle, must be understood within a broader context of Western philosophy concerning the problem of evil.
F. W. J. Schelling
Pierre Bayle
Spinoza
Theodicy
History of Philosophy
Author
Legebeke, Alexander
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Modern European Philosophy
Supervisors
Uljée, R.
ECTS Credits
20
Language
en