Edition of Schellings "Allgemeine[r] Zeitschrift" and "Gottheiten von Samothrace"

Within the scope of this project Edition of Schellings Allgemeine[r] Zeitschrift und den Gottheiten von Samothrace (1812-1815) seven texts written between 1812 and 1815 are edited. The project makes a contribution to the still outstanding interpretation of Schellings philosophy in this time by providing a reliable textual basis. Editorial introductions disclose the little-known formative contexts of the texts and their sometimes extensive history of reception (Rezeptionsgeschichte), explanatory comments throw light upon the references and the horizons of debates of the writings. The most im- portant aspect of the project is to edit the philosophy of religion that Schelling developed between 1812 and 1815. As a result this philosophy of religion can be opened up for the adequate appreciation in the history of theology and philosophy.

Within the framework of the scientific project "Edition of Schelling's 'Allgemeine[r] Zeitschrift' and the 'Deities of Samothrace' (1812-1815)", eight texts by F.W.J. Schelling were text-critically edited, annotated and prepared for printing for the "Historical-Critical Edition" of his works. During the course of the project, these texts were constituted on the basis of the editing principles developed, supporting documents and quotations from contemporary literature were indexed and commented on in the explanatory notes. The text-critical and commentary edition opens up to the user of the volume both the textual history and the debate- and problem-historical background of the texts presented. With this volume, an important period of Schelling's philosophical development in the second decade of the 19th century is made accessible in terms of sources.