Contents

pp.：  7 – 10

Introduction

pp.：  11 – 25

Chapter One I-hood

pp.：  26 – 27

1.1. A Brief Phenomenology of I-hood

pp.：  28 – 33

1.2. Two Models of Self-Consciousness in German Idealism

pp.：  34 – 34

1.2.1. The Reflection Model of Self-Consciousness

pp.：  35 – 38

1.2.2. Fichte’s Attempts to Escape the Reflection Model

pp.：  39 – 41

1.3. Henrich’s Metaphysical Model of Self-Consciousness

pp.：  42 – 43

1.3.1. Henrich’s Defense of a Philosophy of Subjectivity

pp.：  44 – 48

1.3.2. Three Classical Approaches to Self-Consciousness

pp.：  49 – 48

1.3.2.1. The I Opposed to the World – The Kantian Angle

pp.：  49 – 51

1.3.2.2. The I within the World – The Hegelian Angle

pp.：  52 – 53

1.3.2.3. Self-Preservation – The Stoic Angle

pp.：  54 – 55

1.3.3. The Basic Relation [Grundverhältnis]

pp.：  56 – 62

1.3.4. Towards a Theory of Self-Consciousness

pp.：  63 – 69

1.3.5. Analysis of Self-Consciousness Based on Fichte

pp.：  70 – 72

1.3.6. The Subject’s Being-With [Mitsein]

pp.：  73 – 75

Excursus: A Naturalistic Model of I-hood

pp.：  76 – 87

1.4. From Here Onwards

pp.：  88 – 93

Chapter Two From the I to the Absolute

pp.：  94 – 93

2.1. Connecting Kant and Spinoza

pp.：  94 – 98

2.2. Baruch de Spinoza

pp.：  99 – 101

2.2.1. Substance or Deus sive Natura

pp.：  102 – 105

2.2.2. Attributes and Modes of the One Substance

pp.：  106 – 110

2.2.3. Free Will and Intention

pp.：  111 – 115

2.2.4. The Role of Philosophy and Religion

pp.：  116 – 118

2.3. The Early Reception of Spinoza’s Philosophy

pp.：  119 – 122

2.4. Pantheism Controversy

pp.：  123 – 128

2.5. Merging the Absolute with the God of the Bible

pp.：  129 – 131

2.6. The I and the Absolute

pp.：  132 – 132

2.7. From Here Onwards

pp.：  133 – 137

Chapter Three Schelling: The I and its Ground

pp.：  138 – 138

3.1. Philosophical Stages and Teachers

pp.：  139 – 144

3.2. The Absolute as I in the Early Schelling

pp.：  145 – 150

3.3. Attempts at Cutting the Gordian Knot of Philosophy

pp.：  151 – 150

3.3.1. Philosophy of Nature

pp.：  151 – 155

3.3.2. Transcendental Philosophy

pp.：  156 – 160

3.3.3. System of Identity

pp.：  161 – 164

3.4. Philosophy as the System of Freedom

pp.：  165 – 167

3.4.1. The Absolute and God

pp.：  168 – 177

3.4.2. God and World

pp.：  178 – 183

3.4.3. World and Evil

pp.：  184 – 186

3.4.4. Evil and God

pp.：  187 – 190

3.5. From Here Onwards

pp.：  191 – 198

Chapter Four Hölderlin: The I and its Ground

pp.：  199 – 201

4.1. Judgment and Being

pp.：  202 – 205

4.2. Self-Consciousness

pp.：  206 – 208

4.3. Worldly Echoes of Being

pp.：  209 – 210

4.3.1. Being and the Innocent

pp.：  211 – 214

4.3.2. Being and Nature

pp.：  215 – 219

4.3.3. Being, Beauty, and the Poet

pp.：  220 – 222

4.4. Religion

pp.：  223 – 225

4.5. Life’s Conflicting Tendencies

pp.：  226 – 232

4.6. Being and History

pp.：  233 – 240

4.7. The Eschaton and Celebration of Peace

pp.：  241 – 247

4.7.1. Christ

pp.：  248 – 256

4.7.2. The Father, Being, and All-Unity

pp.：  257 – 259

4.8. From Here Onwards

pp.：  260 – 268

Chapter Five Intellectual Intuition and Metaphysics

pp.：  269 – 272

5.1. Fichte

pp.：  273 – 273

5.1.1. Intellectual Intuition in Line with Kant

pp.：  274 – 277

5.1.2. Idealism versus Dogmatism

pp.：  278 – 282

5.2. Schelling

pp.：  283 – 282

5.2.1. From Fichte’s Absolute I to Spinoza’s Substance

pp.：  283 – 286

5.2.2. Schwärmerei, Art, or Philosophy?

pp.：  287 – 295

5.3. Hölderlin

pp.：  296 – 296

5.3.1. Poetry and Philosophy

pp.：  297 – 299

5.3.2. Grasping the Father’s Ray . . .

pp.：  300 – 303

5.3.3. . . . and Wrapping it in Song

pp.：  304 – 308

5.3.4. The Hubris of the Poet

pp.：  309 – 312

5.4. From Here Onwards

pp.：  313 – 319

Chapter Six The Absolute Ground versus God

pp.：  320 – 323

6.1. Henrich’s Metaphysics

pp.：  324 – 325

6.1.1. An Absolute and Obscure Ground

pp.：  326 – 330

6.1.2. All-Unity and Freedom

pp.：  331 – 336

6.1.3. The Philosopher about Religion

pp.：  337 – 337

6.1.3.1. Explanation for the Variety of Religions

pp.：  338 – 341

6.1.3.2. Gratitude as the Basis of Religious Praxis

pp.：  342 – 346

6.2. Rahner’s Metaphysics

pp.：  347 – 350

6.2.1. Being and Beings

pp.：  351 – 351

6.2.1.1. The Openness for Being

pp.：  352 – 356

6.2.1.2. The Openness of Being

pp.：  357 – 359

6.2.1.3. Human Being as Finite Spirit

pp.：  360 – 363

6.2.2. God as Mystery

pp.：  364 – 367

6.2.3. A Personal God of Freedom and Love

pp.：  368 – 370

6.2.4. The Mystery of Human Freedom and Love

pp.：  371 – 376

6.2.5. Intellectual Intuition and Beatific Vision

pp.：  377 – 380

6.3. From Here Onwards

pp.：  381 – 388

Chapter Seven God – Beyond Me

pp.：  389 – 392

7.1. Who am I?

pp.：  393 – 393

7.1.1. Conscious of Being both in and “above” the World

pp.：  394 – 397

7.1.2. Loving

pp.：  398 – 400

7.1.3. Free

pp.：  401 – 402

7.2. Who am I to God?

pp.：  403 – 408

7.3. Who is God to Me?

pp.：  409 – 414

7.4. Who are We?

pp.：  415 – 419

7.5. Who is God?

pp.：  420 – 420

7.5.1. Impersonal or Personal Ground

pp.：  421 – 424

7.5.2. God as We?

pp.：  425 – 429

7.5.3. The One Infinite Reality of We-hood

pp.：  430 – 437

Appendix A Wie wenn am Feiertage (1799)

pp.：  438 – 439

Appendix B Natur und Kunst (1801)

pp.：  440 – 440

Appendix C Friedensfeier (1802)

pp.：  441 – 444

Bibliography

pp.：  445 – 458

Index

pp.：  459 – 468