# Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Schelling

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

German idealist philosopher briefly mentioned.

## In the story

### [Chapter 11](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/11)

Mentioned as exemplifying the post-Kantian search for new 'faculties,' christening 'intellectual intuition' to gratify pious German inclinations.

### [VIII: Peoples and Countries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/viii-peoples-and-countries)

Referenced for his remark 'je méprise Locke' (I despise Locke), aligning German philosophy against English mechanistic thought.

### [252](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/252)

Rightly said 'je méprise Locke', expressing contempt for the English philosophical tradition.

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