Tragedia greacă și problema in-diferenței în Filosofia artei a lui Schelling
Greek Tragedy and the Problem of In-difference in Schelling’s Philosophy of Art

Summary/Abstract: The present paper analyzes Friedrich Schelling’s conception of art, as formulated within the framework of his lectures on the Philosophy of Art (1802–1805). Starting from the principles of the “philosophy of identity,” Schelling proposes a method through which the entire diversity of existence is deduced from the unity of the Absolute. In this context, art and philosophy fulfil a common function – the representation of the absolute – but in distinct forms: art expresses it in a real mode, while philosophy does so in an ideal mode. The study focuses on the analysis of the sublime in Greek tragedy, understood as the voluntary acceptance of inevitable guilt through which freedom elevates itself to the same position as necessity. The interpretation of the tragedy Oedipus Rex illustrates the manner in which the tragic hero, confronted with destiny, transcends suffering through the free assumption of guilt, becoming a symbol of the sublime and of the unity between freedom and necessity. In the final part of the paper, I will attempt to show that in tragedy, freedom is in fact necessity or anankē, the ultimate foundation of the world.

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