Friedrich Schelling Quote

The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it does in knowledge. It is by studying a strictly theoretical philosophy that we become most acquainted with Ideas, and only Ideas provide action with energy and ethical significance.


Schelling (1802) Lectures on the Method of Academic Study


The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it does in...

The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it does in...

The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it does in...

The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it does in...