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THE LAST ETYMOLOGIES OF CRATYLUS: AN INVITATION TO PHILOSOPHY.

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This article deals with the etymological problem in the Cratylus by focus- ing on the latest etymologies of the dialogue (437a-c). If previous philosophical ety- mologies showed the world in perpetual movement and subjected to change, this brief etymological sequel, on the contrary, reveals some doctrinal principles concerning sta- bility and permanence that could be considered platonic. The following pages present an interpretation of this passage in line with the rest of the dialogue that, contrary to the opinion of some recent commentaries, underlines the arbitrary nature of the Platon- ic representation of ancient etymology. According to this, the last decompositions of names try to make the reader aware that he should not be seduced by a mere unfounded discursive strategy that can be used in several and even opposite senses to strengthen the elegance of the discourse. Therefore, the supposed etymological technique presented in the dialogue ends up as a negative definition of philosophy. | Keywords: Cratylus, dialectic, etymology, palinode, Plato.

SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON ABSTRACTION AS THE BASIS OF THE DIVI- SION OF SPECULATIVE SCIENCES IN AQUINAS’ COMMENTARY ON BOE- THIUS’ DE TRINITATE: ONTOLOGISM VS EPISTEMOLOGY?

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Since the middle of the twentieth century, discussions on the criterion for the division of the speculative sciences according to Thomas Aquinas have centered their attention on the interpretation of the fifth question of his commentary on Boethius’ De Trinitate. There, in the third article, the friar enumerates a threefold way in which the intellect can distinguish, which is related to the tripartition of the speculative sciences presented by Aristotle and assumed by Boethius. Some authors consider this passage as the introduction of an epistemological criterion of division that would oppose the ontological criterion proposed by the Roman philosopher. This would mean that, while for the latter the degrees of immateriality would correspond to the things considered themselves, for Aquinas the degrees of immateriality (particularly those of the physical and mathematical sciences) would be objective and determined by the type of intellectual consideration. In view of this, this paper will review the famous commentary of Aquinas in order to determine whether such interpretations are correct. The thesis we hope to prove is that, beyond the introduction of intellectual operations, the immateriality of scientific objects continues to depend fundamentally on the nature of the thing considered and not on the way of consideration.

ON THE ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF NEGATIVE MAGNI- TUDES INTO THE TRANSCENDENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF KANT

2024-02-27T15:18:14+00:00

This paper argues both a historical and a systematic thesis. In the historical sense, it is argued that Kant rehabilitates the concept of negative magnitudes between 1790 and 1792. In the systematic sense, it is argued that this rehabilitation is a transcen- dental rehabilitation. In the introduction, the place of the concept of negative magni- tudes in Kant’s career is presented. In the second section, its pre-critical significance is explained, emphasizing its ontological dimension. In the third, fourth and fifth sections, respectively, the psychological, cosmological, and moral significance of this concept is explained. In these sections, the explanation of these three different meanings follows the order of Kant’s publications between 1790 and 1792. Following this order, the con- cept of negative magnitudes is seen in the Analytic of the Sublime of the Critique of Judgment (1790), in the essay On the Failure of Every Philosophical Essay in Theodicy (1791), and in the essay On Radical Evil in Human Nature (1792). In the conclusion a general remark is made on the concept of the negative in Kant. Here it is argued that the transcendental rehabilitation of negative magnitudes is an exception in the development of his thought. | Keywords: evil, negation, negative magnitudes, sublime, theodicy, reality.

NIHILISM AS VITALISM AND VALUE IN NIETZSCHE

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Nihilism and vitalism have being two of the more frequently studied issues in Nietzsche’s thinking. However, it is not so usual their joint study, as if life and values were joined to reinterpret the concept of nihilism. One consequence from this point of view is the move from the usual comprehension of Nietzschean nihilism, full of purely pessimistic connotations towards human being and life, to a purely positive acceptance of life as the only value. Thus, the reputed nihilism of Nietzsche would be, in fact, no other than a maximalist vitalism.

Review of Andrew J. Martin, The Covenant with Moses and the Kingdom of God: Thomas Hobbes and the Theology of the Old Covenant in Early Modern England (Leiden: Brill, 2023)

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Voltaire, Contes filosòfics

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Isaiah Berlin. La contra-Ilustración y la voluntad romántica

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Bernat Joan Marí. Nietzsche i el modernisme literari català

2024-09-16T08:17:24+00:00

Alastair Norcross, Morality by Degrees: Reasons Without Demands

2024-06-03T09:20:17+00:00

Margarita Mauri Álvarez, La relación razón-pasión: Aristóteles, R. Descartes y J. Butler

2024-12-18T16:21:00+00:00

Más allá del ser y el no ser

2024-07-05T12:06:27+00:00

Se trata de una reseña a un libro de Miguel Candel, en el que el autor explora los caminos de la metafísica tradicional con el objetivo de desmantelar el narcisismo relativista propio, a su juicio, de nuestra época.

¿Qué religión? Los personajes de Nuns and soldiers, de Iris Murdoch

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Bulletin Hobbes XXXV

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