How did Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling explain human freedom in Of Human Freedom?

In his 1809 work Philosophische Untersuchungen über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit (Of Human Freedom), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling argued that true human freedom must necessarily include the capacity for both good and evil.1

He posited that this freedom is rooted in two principles present in all living things:
* A dark primal foundation: A source of carnal desire and impulse.
* A clearheaded sensibleness: A formative power intended to govern the individual.1

Schelling explained that humanity’s moral failure—the "Fall from grace"—occurred when humans reversed this natural order by placing the dark stratum of impulse above the intellect. By subordinating the intellect to these impulses, evil entered the world. However, Schelling maintained that this perversion is ultimately revoked by God, who becomes human in Christ to reestablish the original, proper order. This focus on the tension between reason and dark natural impulses is now recognized as a significant contribution to philosophical anthropology and existential thought.12