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100 1 $aBeach, Edward Allen,$d1948-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88670821
245 14 $aThe potencies of God(s) :$bSchelling's philosophy of mythology /$cEdward Allen Beach.
260 $aAlbany, NY :$bState University of New York Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
300 $axii, 317 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSUNY series in philosophy
490 1 $aSUNY series in Hegelian studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-302) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Schelling's Religious Problematic. A Fresh Search for Hermeneutical Principles. Establishing the Integrity of Religious Phenomena. Searching for an Adequate Definition of Myth -- 1. The Origins of Pagan Religions -- 2. Allegory, Symbol, or Reality? Naturalistic and Euhemeristic Theories of Religious Allegory. Schelling's Earlier Treatments of Mythology. A Final Assault on Allegorical Interpretations -- 3. The Unconscious and the Irrational. Early Speculations about the Unconscious. From the Unconscious to the Irrational -- 4. Toward a New Ontology of Eternity, Temporality, and Freedom. Dialectic: A Stable Law of Change. A "Groundless Activity" in Eternity. Some Preliminary Questions and Criticisms -- 5. Three Formative Influences on Schelling: Bohme, Baader, and Hegel. Bohme: The Influx of Mysticism. Baader: Through Dialectic and Mysticism Back to Christian Orthodoxy. Hegel: A Conceptual Mediation of Time and Eternity -- 6. Schelling's New Philosophical Point of Departure.
505 8 $aA Philosophical Dilemma. The Search for a Nonrationalistic Alternative to Relativism. The Search for a Nonrationalistic Alternative to Fideism. Initial Moves toward Resolving the Dilemma. The Distinction between the Was and the Dass -- 7. The Ontology. The Pure Potencies Prior to their Actualization. The Inverted Potencies in their State of Tension. The Relation of the Potencies to the Functions of the Dass. Some Comments and Criticisms concerning the Potenzenlehre -- 8. Positive Philosophy and the Experiential Proof of God. Empirical Confirmation versus Exemplification. A Logical Fallacy? The Significance of Existential Instantiation -- 9. Representative Issues and Controversies in Current Schelling Scholarship: Habermas and Schulz. Habermas: A Historicist Interpretation. Schulz: A Quasi-Rationalistic Interpretation. Concluding Comments -- 10. From Uranus to Cronus. Preliminary Considerations Regarding Language, Mythological Consciousness, and the Names of Ancient Deities.
505 8 $aThe Religion of "Relative Monotheism" Zabism: The Worship of "Uranus" The Rise of Cronus -- 11. From Dionysus to Iakchos. The Significance of Goddesses in Mythology. The Coming of Dionysus. Divine Madness and the Strange Paradox of the "Dionysian" Motif. Iakchos: The Archetype of Spiritual Balance. Some Empirical Evidence, Ancient and Modern. Secrets of the "Uncanny" Lurking beneath the Surfaces of Mythology -- 12. The Self-Overcoming of Mythology. The Origins of Ontological Ambivalence in a Displacement of the Potencies. The Progressive Discharging of Religious Projections. The Eleusinian Mysteries. Toward a "Sublimated Projection Theory" of Religions.
520 $aThis book explores the metaphysical, epistemological, and hermeneutical theories of Schelling's final system concerning the nature and meaning of religious mythology. This perspective is not surprising since Schelling regarded religion (not science or philosophy) as embodying the most complete manifestation of truth.
520 8 $aBeach examines Schelling's novel attempt for the changing historical forms of religion in terms of a complex theory of dynamic spiritual powers, or "potencies." He shows that these are not mere representations, ideas, or projected feelings created by ancient myth-makers for the benefit of a credulous populace. Instead, Beach demonstrates that these potencies should be seen as animate powers inhabiting the unconscious strata of a people's collective mind.
600 10 $aSchelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von,$d1775-1854.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79003281
650 0 $aThe philosophy of mythology.
650 0 $aMythology$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aReligion$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112554
650 0 $aHermeneutics$xReligious aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060403
650 0 $aIdealism, German.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064128
740 0 $aPotencies of God.
740 0 $aPotencies of Gods.
740 0 $aSchelling's philosophy of mythology.
830 0 $aSUNY series in philosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42024161
830 0 $aSUNY series in Hegelian studies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42024158
852 00 $bglx$hB2899.M9$iB43 1993