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“To achieve great things we must be self-confined...mastery is revealed in limitation.”

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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, born on January 27, 1775, and died on August 20, 1854, was a prominent German philosopher. He is known for his contributions to natural philosophy, aesthetics, and religious philosophy, and is considered one of the key figures in German classical philosophy. more

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