Schelling,F.W.J.
Ideas for a philosophy of nature. As an introduction to the stu…

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Schelling,F.W.J. Ideas for a philosophy of nature. As an introduction to the study of this science. First part (all published). 2nd ed. and revised ed. Landshut, Krüll, 1803. In-8; hardcover with ribbed boards. - ╔Including: 8 vols. of German-language publications╗ on philosophy and the Enlightenment (including Moses Mendelssohn and Thomas Paine), 1756/1829, variously bound.

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