Presents a novel interpretation of Schelling's philosophy by way of his reading and critique of Spinoza.

• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: A Crack in the Abyss
  • 1.0. A Note in the Margins
  • 2.0. Schelling and Spinoza
  • 3.0. Realism and Antirealism in Jacobi and Contemporary Philosophy
  • 4.0. Idealism beyond Antirealism
  • 5.0. The Plan
• Part I
  • Chapter 1: Reason, Realism, and Faith in Jacobi and Kant
    • 1.0. Introduction: Rationality, Totality, and Antirealism
    • 2.0. The Difference between Jacobi’s and Kant’s Critiques of Spinoza
      • 2.1. On Jacobi’s Critique of Spinoza
      • 2.2. On Kant’s Critique of Spinoza
    • 3.0. Jacobi’s Realism
      • 3.1. Life and the Heap of Being
      • 3.2. The Leap Back into the Real
    • 4.0. Conclusion
  • Chapter 2: Weak Weapons and the Fight Against Dogmatism
    • 1.0. Introduction: Letters to a Friend
    • 2.0. Criticism
      • 2.1. Synthesis, Unity, Egress
      • 2.2. The Tragic Fate of Synthesis
    • 3.0. Dogmatism
      • 3.1. Spinoza and the Riddle of All Philosophy
    • 4.0. Subjects and Objects
      • 4.1. Subject, Object, and Intellectual Intuition: Kant
      • 4.2. Subject, Object, and Creative Reason: Schelling
    • 5.0. Conclusion
• Part II
  • Chapter 3: Spinoza and Schelling on Identity and Difference
    • 1.0. Introduction: Spinoza, the Undeniable Predecessor
    • 2.0. The Need for Identity
      • 2.1. Identity: Spinoza
      • 2.2. Identity: Schelling
    • 3.0. Thinking through the Most Monstrous Thought
      • 3.1. Differentiation: Spinoza
      • 3.2. Differentiation: Schelling
    • 4.0. Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Realism, Idealism, and Parallelism
    • 1.0. Introduction: Against Abrasive Philosophy
    • 2.0. Idealism, Elimination, and Amplification
      • 2.1. Eliminative Idealism as Inverted Spinozism
      • 2.2. Idealism as Amplification
    • 3.0. Realism sive Natura
      • 3.1. Schelling’s Critique of Attribute Dualism
      • 3.2. Auto‑Affective Spirit as Precursor to the Absolute
    • 4.0. Conclusion
• Part III
  • Chapter 5: Divine Indigestion
    • 1.0. Introduction: Identity Crisis
    • 2.0. The Strictures of Beginning
      • 2.1. Antinomies and Impossibilities
      • 2.2. The PSR and the Destruction of the World
    • 3.0. The Doubling of Absolute Identity
      • 3.1. The Nature of Intussusception
      • 3.2. Doubling in God and Philosophy
    • 4.0. Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: From Freedom to Pantheism
    • 1.0. Introduction: An Unfamiliar Schelling
    • 2.0. Freedom and Flowers
      • 2.1. Another Nature
      • 2.2. State
      • 2.3. Church
    • 3.0. The Tripartite Tripartite Soul
      • 3.1. Temperament
      • 3.2. L’esprit
      • 3.3. Soul
    • 4.0. Revelation and Reconciliation
      • 4.1. The Life after Life
      • 4.2. At the End
    • 5.0. Conclusion
• Conclusion: The Poverty of Thought and the Madness of Living Well
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index