Il cammino della verità – 5 L’età ellenistica
(Parte prima) Nella seconda metà del quarto secolo la Grecia viene conquistata e sottomessa dall’impero macedone, dapprima per mano di Filippo II...
Il cammino della verità – 5 L’età ellenistica
Filosofia
The eternal principles α and ω part 2
The eternal principles α and ω part 2
Time and History Measuring time, a profoundly human need. And to do so, it is necessary to establish two things: first of all, an initial,...
Notes on Amartya Sen’s interpretation of cultural identity – Part 3
Notes on Amartya Sen’s interpretation of cultural identity – Part 3
5) Pluralities Sen argues that classifying people according to few rigid criteria cannot do justice to the diversity of people. The individuals...
Notes on Amartya Sen’s interpretation of cultural identity – Part 2
Notes on Amartya Sen’s interpretation of cultural identity – Part 2
3) Contrapositions As regards the danger represented by the absolutisation of cultural identity, Sen expresses the following observations: “With...
Notes on Amartya Sen’s interpretation of cultural identity – Part 1
Notes on Amartya Sen’s interpretation of cultural identity – Part 1
Abstract In our study, we analyse aspects of Sen’s criticism of specific interpretations of cultural identity. We shall see that, in Sen’s view,...
Il cammino della verità – 4 Filosofia e democrazia parte seconda
Il cammino della verità – 4 Filosofia e democrazia parte seconda
(Parte seconda) Tutto il nostro discorso sulla cultura dell’età democratica era partito dal tema dell’esigenza di una “paideia”, di...
The eternal principles α and ω part 1
The eternal principles α and ω part 1
Incipit This is a small story of everything and everyone, a story of the human and of that special human art which is knowledge. A story written...
Il cammino della verità – 4 Filosofia e democrazia parte prima
Il cammino della verità – 4 Filosofia e democrazia parte prima
(Parte prima) Il sesto, il quinto ed il quarto secolo a.C. costituiscono rispettivamente per la Grecia antica e per Atene in particolare l’età...
The eternal principles α and ω: introduction
The eternal principles α and ω: introduction
Part 0 The method of this research supports the vision of the two eternal principles of Greek-pre-Socratic origin: the infinite and the...
Il cammino della verità – 3. La nascita della filosofia
Il cammino della verità – 3. La nascita della filosofia
PREMESSA Come abbiamo avuto modo di chiarire nell’introduzione a questo ciclo di articoli dedicato al “cammino della verità”, non è nostro...
Analogies between Plato and Kaṭha Upaniṣad: knowledge, duties, human condition – part three of three
Analogies between Plato and Kaṭha Upaniṣad: knowledge, duties, human condition – part three of three
Part 1 was published here Part 2 was published here 6) Knowledge and awareness The kernel of the image is that knowledge and the degree of...
Analogies between Plato and Kaṭha Upaniṣad: knowledge, duties, human condition – part two of three
Analogies between Plato and Kaṭha Upaniṣad: knowledge, duties, human condition – part two of three
Part 1 was published here 4) Gods and human beings The birth of any animal is due to a soul losing its wings, i.e., to a process of decadence of...