
Names of Nihil
Arvydas Sliogeris(Author)
Rodopi (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
146 pages
978-90-420-2402-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, probably for the first time in Western philosophy, an attempt has been made to point out and systematically explicate the problem scope of the Nothing (which is called Nihil in the book) and to try to explain the springhead of the excessive negativity, inherent only in the human being, or in other words, the springhead of the human's natural nihilism. Nihilism is treated here not as a posture, pose, or an ideological attitude, but as the spread of the human metaphysical nucleus, of Nihil. Nihilistic annihilation, manifesting itself as the road of the naming of Nihil and of the production of thingly crystals (artificial world) as a result of that naming, usually is called "history". Names of Nihil (language phenomena), being the antithesis of Nihil, falsify and cover up Nihil itself, turning it into "supreme" being, e.g. into "the One", "God", "Substance", "Matter", "Spirit", ad infinitum. This book should be interesting not only to philosophers or humanitarians, but also to all those who concern themselves with the total human condition.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
236 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-2402-1 (9789042024021)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface by Leonidas Donskis
Author's Word
The Beginning and Language
Dedications
An Interpretation
Notes
Author's Word
The Beginning and Language
Dedications
An Interpretation
Notes