Scientific Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 19th Century, , language: English, abstract: This paper, presented on a conference on sophiology, presents Schelling's views on wisdom in terms of a holistic approach towards philosophy,science and life. It starts with Descartes, Kant and Fichte as introductory path to Schellings conception of the Absolute, continues with Schelling's own conception of the Absolute, presents Wisdom as the first potency of the Absolute and the World Soul. The paper concludes with the differentiation between wisdom and cleverness and shows Schelling's views on wisdom in knowledge, science and academics.