Approaching the Absolute in Jan Patočka's Phenomenology

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/TVF.79.3.3271933" target="_blank" >10.2143/TVF.79.3.3271933</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Approaching the Absolute in Jan Patočka's Phenomenology

Original language description

The paper elucidates the relationship between a finite human being and the infinite in Jan Patočka&apos;s phenomenology. Whereas the early Patočka conceives phenomenology as a turn to absolute consciousness, in his later concept a phenomenologist can analyse appearing thanks to being a conditioned and finite part of the appearing, unable to transcend its own finiteness. Nevertheless, Patočka never abandons his early idea that &quot;the absolute is not outside but within us.&quot; To clarify this idea, the paper considers especially Patočka&apos;s concept of the movements of existence. Although Patočka inclines towards identifying the human relation to the absolute with the service of Being, he also conceives the true movement of existence as the movement of love. The article elaborates on this idea to demonstrate that the relationship of the finite human being to infinity does not need to be conceived as the relation to the unconditioned (absolute consciousness, Spirit, Being) but as the relation between conditioned, finite human beings. This infinity is reflected by phenomenology and manifested by a concrete human being.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Tijdschrift voor Filosofie [online]

ISSN

2031-8952

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

79

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

BE - BELGIUM

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

499-516

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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