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Essaying the concept of metaphysics

Author(s): Jakub Dadlez
Subject(s): Philosophy, Studies of Literature, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, French Literature, Renaissance Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Theory of Literature, Rhetoric, Stylistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: metaphysics; essay; Michel de Montaigne; nature; deconstruction

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts a new take on metaphysics with the help of philosophers who are usually perceived as opposing the metaphysical tradition. This was done on the basis of an etymological deconstruction and a demonstration of the “technical” way of being of man in nature. The next section shows Michel de Montaigne as an example of the outlined metaphysical nature of man – “customary nature.” Essential to it is the act of writing, understood both literally and metaphorically. Hence, in the last part of the article, for metaphysics as an ever-present challenge to contemporary philosophy, the essay turns out to be the best form.

  • Issue Year: 1/2025
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 55-70
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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