Il ceppo e l’intaglio. Riflessioni metafisiche sul Daodejing
The complex and long genesis of the Daodejing is widely known. Whether it was originally composed by a single author, the legendary Laozi, or whether it emerged over time as a sort of collective anthology ancient sayings, the text underwent countless changes made by copyists and commentators over th...
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| description | The complex and long genesis of the Daodejing is widely known. Whether it was originally composed by a single author, the legendary Laozi, or whether it emerged over time as a sort of collective anthology ancient sayings, the text underwent countless changes made by copyists and commentators over the centuries, and the Daodejing extensively published today is clearly something different from its first (and second) versions. For this reason, as well as for the nature of Chinese thought itself, it seems inappropriate to search for a philosophical “system” in the Daodejing. Nonetheless, the text can shed light on the view of nature permeating classical China. The paper will focus on three issues. The first is the ontological non-individualization of the Dao, which is the counterpart to the epistemological individualization of the human and social world. The second is the kind of metaphysics that can frame these features: a metaphysics of diachronic events, processes, and emergences, rather than a synchronic metaphysics of objects, substances, and monadic properties. The third, finally, is the fragmenting power of language, which through naming and knowledge creates that individualization that splits the undivided unity of the Dao. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c43b18ed6b14e2a9aa87cb7224350962022-12-22T01:07:54ZengRosenberg & SellierRivista di Estetica0035-62122019-12-0172638310.4000/estetica.5979Il ceppo e l’intaglio. Riflessioni metafisiche sul DaodejingErica OnnisThe complex and long genesis of the Daodejing is widely known. Whether it was originally composed by a single author, the legendary Laozi, or whether it emerged over time as a sort of collective anthology ancient sayings, the text underwent countless changes made by copyists and commentators over the centuries, and the Daodejing extensively published today is clearly something different from its first (and second) versions. For this reason, as well as for the nature of Chinese thought itself, it seems inappropriate to search for a philosophical “system” in the Daodejing. Nonetheless, the text can shed light on the view of nature permeating classical China. The paper will focus on three issues. The first is the ontological non-individualization of the Dao, which is the counterpart to the epistemological individualization of the human and social world. The second is the kind of metaphysics that can frame these features: a metaphysics of diachronic events, processes, and emergences, rather than a synchronic metaphysics of objects, substances, and monadic properties. The third, finally, is the fragmenting power of language, which through naming and knowledge creates that individualization that splits the undivided unity of the Dao.http://journals.openedition.org/estetica/5979DaodejingDaoismLaoziChinese metaphysicsprocessemergence |
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| title | Il ceppo e l’intaglio. Riflessioni metafisiche sul Daodejing |
| title_full | Il ceppo e l’intaglio. Riflessioni metafisiche sul Daodejing |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Il ceppo e l’intaglio. Riflessioni metafisiche sul Daodejing |
| title_short | Il ceppo e l’intaglio. Riflessioni metafisiche sul Daodejing |
| title_sort | il ceppo e l intaglio riflessioni metafisiche sul daodejing |
| topic | Daodejing Daoism Laozi Chinese metaphysics process emergence |
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