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Why did Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling stop lecturing in Berlin?
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling.
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling stopped lecturing in Berlin following a period of professional frustration and legal conflict. Although he was appointed to the University of Berlin in 1841 with the hope that he would counter the influence of Hegelianism, his lectures did not achieve the success he had anticipated.1
Schelling became deeply embittered when his lectures were plagiarized by an opponent who sought to expose his "positive philosophy" to public scrutiny. He initiated a legal suit to address this violation, but after losing the case, he ultimately decided to resign and discontinue his lectures.1