Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Born	27 January 1775 Leonberg, Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	20 August 1854 (aged 79) Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (27 January 1775 – 20 August 1854), later von Schelling, was a German idealist philosopher. Schelling is commonly described as the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him between his mentor Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and his rival Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. In his later years he taught at Berlin University where his lectures were attended by, and subsquently criticized by, many German philosophers, most notable among them being a young Friedrich Engels.