Prethodno priopćenje
On Aristotle's Concept of Immovable First Mover: Comparative-Reflexive Approach to the Issue
Dafne Vidanec
orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-7486
; Visoka škola za poslovanje i upravljanje »Baltazar Adam Krčelić«, Zaprešić, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Aristotle’s philosophical project, especially in the segments regarding his teaching about immovable firs mover explicated in his Metaphysics, the Book of Lambda, was always a great inspiration not just to his followers, commentators, redactors and translators, but also for those who cannot hide admiration to his way of thinking or the way of positioning philosophical problems that are in the focus of his philosophical investigations. Aristotle’s contribution to the theory of knowledge and to the philosophy in general was undoubtedly the main impulse that motivated author of this artice to investigate and to rethink are there in Aristotelian conception of God some traces that could serve as the methodological tool or base for investigating Taylor’s concept of personal identity grounded in Aristotle’s theology. In other words, the author has intention to show that the Aristotle’s idea of God as a certain way of thinking can be useful for understanding the moral base of personal identity. Man as moral agent is a being who can be understood as a miracle of knowledge itself (Skledar), as being with inherited crave of knowledge (Aristotle), nor as being who has deep sense of morality (Taylor). The theme that is announced in the main title of this elaboration the author will explicate as follows: the first part is focused on the Aristotelian philosophical, anthropological and ethical account. In the second part of this elaboration we will discuss in detail Aristotle’s idea of God according to Aristotle’s teaching explicated in the Book of Lambda in Metaphysics. The third part will be focused on Taylor’s conception of personal identity explicated widely in his the most popular philosophical work Sources of the Self, regarding some important information about Taylor’s philosophical orientation and his scientific, academic and political background that has formed his philosophical thinking.
Ključne riječi
Aristotle; Metaphysics; Book of Lambda; immovable first mover; Nikola Skledar; man; life; Charles Taylor; personal identity; good; thinking
Hrčak ID:
82315
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Datum izdavanja:
29.3.2012.
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