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A Way to an understanding of Petrić's Concept of Light - a Concept of Knowledge and Cognition
Erna Banić-Pajnić
; Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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The starting point of this treatise is connected with the position of the treatise on light and its function and significance •within Petrić's Nova de universis philosophia, considered in its unique attempt at an interpretation of the entirety (universitas), in view of the four-fold analysis of that interpretation evident in the topical division of the Nova de universis philosophia (into four books).
In this paper, the issue of the interrelation and functioning of the Nova de universis philosophia is focused upon Petrić's concept of light, discussing above all the significance of the position of the treatise on light and the significance of the concept of light in the context of the complete system of the interpretation of the entirety. The authoress shows that Petrić's concept of light is closely related to a certain concept of knowledge and cognition, which, although not explicitly discussed in the Nova de universis philosophia (Petrić discusses this concept in the part of Panarchia entitled )De intellectu et intellectibus«), yet which obviously lies at the foundation of Petrić's philosophy. According to Petrić, beings e x i s t only if seen; to Petrić, it also means known. In addition to that, light is also the principle of BEING, the principle of knowledge and being known. Finally the authoress concludes that Petrić's theses, although never leaving the context of metaphysical discussion or the identifiable Neoplatonic tradition of the philosophy on light, »throw some light« onto the path which takes thinking to modernity.
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Hrčak ID:
81820
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Datum izdavanja:
1.12.1997.
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