Caroline Schelling
German intellectual
Also known as: Caroline Michaelis, Caroline Schlegel
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Schelling
- In Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling: Period of intense productivity
…there he became acquainted with Caroline Schlegel, among the most gifted women in German Romanticism, and married her in 1803. The unpleasant intrigues that accompanied this marriage and the dispute with Fichte caused Schelling to leave Jena, and he accepted an appointment at the University of Würzburg.
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Schlegel
- In August Wilhelm von Schlegel
…1796 Schlegel married the brilliant Caroline Michaelis, but in 1803 she left him for the philosopher Friedrich W.J. Schelling. In 1801 Schlegel went to Berlin, where he lectured on literature and art. In his lectures, he comprehensively surveyed the history of European literature and thought, casting scorn on Greco-Roman classicism…
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