In this paper the author reconsider Schelling's analysis of Brentano. Brentano's Thou-
ghts have been widely discussed, but some aspects of his teaching must be recon-
sidered. In particular his criticism of Schelling needs a critical reconstruction. To
evaluate this aspect is of particular interest a handwritten volume of 950 pp., entitled
Geschichte der Philosophic (1866-67), recently discovered by myself in Graz and
expressly attributed to Brentano, as well as Brentano's Nachlass. So it is possible to
shed new lights on Brentano's main goal to stress the importance of the Aristotelian
studies and on his conviction to profoundly re-consider the mediaeval interpretations
of Aristotle. That was originated from his studies in Berlin (Trendelenburg), then in
Miinster (Clemens and Schluter) as well as influenced by the Mainzer (Ketteler cultu-
ral background, connected with a criticism that in Brentano became explicit against
Hegel and Schelling, forcefully opposed to the historicist -systernatic thinking of the
German Idealism.
