Heidegger, Noica și relevanța rostirii filosofice (românești) ca practică intra- și interculturală
Heidegger, Noica, and the Relevance of Philosophical Articulation as an Intra- and Intercultural Project

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the article examines the influence of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger on Constantin Noica’s development of a project for a distinctively Romanian philosophical articulation. Unlike Heidegger, whose German wordplay not infrequently leads to greater or lesser distortions of meaning, Noica brings greater rigor to his effort to articulate the Romanian Logos. This rigor stems from a more faithful grounding in dictionaries and primary sources, as well as in the models provided by Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle. The second part of the article discusses the relevance of philosophical articulation—in this case, a specifically Romanian philosophical articulation—from both intra- and intercultural perspectives. Building on Hegel’s view that religion, art, and philosophy constitute the three forms of Absolute Spirit, the author argues that theology, poetry, and philosophy are the domains in which the search for terms with rich philosophical potential yields the most fruitful results. In this respect, each of these disciplines can make a distinctive contribution to the continuation of Noica’s project: theology through its engagement with the archaic language of the Church; poetry through original wordplay and the search for untranslatable expressions; and philosophy through exploring the ways in which particular Romanian words and concepts open possibilities for philosophizing that are either shared with or unique among other cultures, thereby fostering a more fruitful intercultural dialogue.

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