Towards an ontology of Blaise Pascal's "flaming spaces" (reason, faith and existence)

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Sententiae Pub Date : 2023-12-31 DOI:10.31649/sent01.01.102

V. Okorokov

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Abstract

Author claims that Pascal proposes a way of constituting ontology which is fundamentally different from the Cartesian way that formed the basis of Modern philosophy. In particular, the author associates the "fiery" constitution of ontology in Pascal's philosophy with the existential preconditions for such constitution, the main of which are: 1) the revelation of the transcendent in human experience; 2) the inevitable awareness of man's limitations in relation to the transcendent; 3) the feeling of horror caused by the encounter with the fundamentally infinite transcendent, which cannot be exhaustively ontologically thematized. These premises explain, according to the author, the "fiery" nature of ontological thought in Pascal's philosophy as a direct antagonist to the "cold" thought of Cartesianism that is based on the assumption of the fundamental possibility of mental grasping and thematization of all existence.

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迈向布莱斯-帕斯卡尔 "火焰空间"（理性、信仰与存在）的本体论

作者认为，帕斯卡尔提出的本体论构成方式与构成现代哲学基础的笛卡尔方式有着本质区别。作者特别将帕斯卡尔哲学中本体论的 "火热 "构成与构成这种本体论的存在论先决条件联系起来，这些先决条件主要有1）超验者在人类经验中的启示；2）不可避免地意识到人类相对于超验者的局限性；3）与根本上无限的超验者相遇时所产生的恐怖感，而超验者是无法被详尽地本体论主题化的。作者认为，这些前提解释了帕斯卡尔哲学中本体论思想的 "火热 "性质，它是笛卡尔主义 "冷酷 "思想的直接对立面，而笛卡尔主义的 "冷酷 "思想是建立在对一切存在的精神把握和主题化的基本可能性的假设之上的。

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