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sively in the world of concepts, which, though it can be advanced through thinking and reason, knows nothing about the reality of existence. Goethe's words may come to mind: “All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.” (Faust, First Part.) Negative philosophy (See Gyenge 2005. Book II. Chapter IV.)" is negatíve because theory can only ever construct a concept of existence, while the realíty of existence ís closed to ít (Gyenge 2020. p.103-129.). Note that Schelling, by including experience and by making existence a necessary factor, goes beyond every border denoted by German idealism and, to again borrow a term from Hegel, genuinely collides with irrationalities. (Hegel 1986. §.231.)'? With Schelling, we can say that the tree of Goethe has, at the least, begun to bud, if not produce golden fruit. Schelling’s goal is precisely to break down this boundary, using a less valuable tool that the Cartesian tradition had almost completely forgotten: experience. Despite this neglect, the alpha and omega of positive philosophy is experience, which transcends the world of theory, of construction, but preserves it as a prerequisite. As I said, one is not without the other, nor can it be. But the point is: identity by itself contains nothing, is nothing, cannot be defined, even in the case that it serves as a starting point. Before there was earth or sea or the sky that covers everything, Nature appeared the same throughout the whole world: what we call chaos: a raw confused mass, nothing but inert matter, badly combined discordant atoms of things, confused in the one place. There was no Titan yet, shining his light on the world, or waxing Phoebe renewing her white horns, or the earth hovering in surrounding air balanced 11 While it does not connect closely here, the concepts of positive and negative philosophy are the fruits of Schelling’s later work. Simplified: he defines positive philosophy as that type of thought in which existence is primary, while the constructed and logical generalities are secondary. In contrast to this is negative philosophy, for which the opposite is true. 12 Iamreferring to the chapter titled “The Third Subdivision. Notion.” (,,Irrationalitäten und Inkommensurabilitäten”)
