{"product_id":"schelling-and-the-ages-of-the-world-9781399564632","title":"Schelling and the Ages of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean for something new to begin? Since antiquity, philosophy has struggled to think about real beginnings without reducing them to continuations, repetitions, or hidden necessities. In \u003ci\u003eSchelling's Ages of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, Matthew Nini engages with Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling's writings from 1809 to 1821, showing how this problem of beginning is both enacted and called into question in Schelling's unfinished project \u003ci\u003eThe Ages of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften dismissed as an abandoned or failed work, \u003ci\u003eThe Ages of the World\u003c\/i\u003e presents a speculative and mythological account of creation that unfolds across past, present and future, simultaneously reflecting on the temporal structure of human existence. Nini argues that the text's fragmentary, repetitive and esoteric form is not a weakness, but a philosophical achievement. Precisely by resisting completion, Schelling exposes the limits of conceptual thinking when confronted with the emergence of the new. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy reinterpreting \u003ci\u003eThe Ages of the World\u003c\/i\u003e as a sustained meditation on beginning itself, Nini shows how Schelling transforms failure, incompletion and secrecy into tools for ontological questioning. In doing so, he proposes a new way to think through beginnings and a new, unique approach to philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Nini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e New Perspectives in Ontology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399564632","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48460536348809,"sku":"9781399564632","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_37d51b6b-ebf9-4529-8243-2903c173a430.jpg?v=1790664339","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/schelling-and-the-ages-of-the-world-9781399564632","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}