Ion Petrovici between metaphysics of consolation and categorial thinking Cover Image

Ion Petrovici între metafizică de consolare și gândire categorială
Ion Petrovici between metaphysics of consolation and categorial thinking

Author(s): Adrian Ciocioman
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: metaphysics; tendency of the soul; progress; truth; categorial think­ing; metaphysics of consolation;

Summary/Abstract: In the following paper, Ion Petrovici’s concept of metaphysics is taken into consideration. Starting from the debates on metaphysics that were at their peak at the beginning of the last century, the present paper explores the possibility of a metaphysical approach from the point of view of a categorial thinking while emphasizing on the relationship between metaphysics and religion. In Petrovici’s view, metaphysics is an expression of a tendency of the soul, as well as of a need for absolute truth – ex­pression that aims at a practicality intrinsic to the discourse. The metaphysics as science becomes therefore a metaphysics of consolation that seeks the meaning of Being and eternity at the expense of the factual truth. In the end, the relationship be­tween scientific and metaphysical progress will be addressed.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2022
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 122-130
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian