«Bonheur» e «Inquiétude»: Albert Camus tra Plotino e Sant’Agostino
This study highlights the very profound dual nature of Albert Camus’ work and his debt to Plotinus and Saint Augustine. Camus’ existential speculation began with his graduation thesis, Métaphysique chrétienne et Néoplatonisme, written in 1936. For Camus there exists an illuminated Greece and a more...
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| I publikationen: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/studifrancesi, |
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| Materialtyp: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Studi Francesi
2016
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sammanfattning: | This study highlights the very profound dual nature of Albert Camus’ work and his debt to Plotinus and Saint Augustine. Camus’ existential speculation began with his graduation thesis, Métaphysique chrétienne et Néoplatonisme, written in 1936. For Camus there exists an illuminated Greece and a more obscure one linked to Christianity, even though Greek culture rejects the concept of salvation as the direct consequence of God’s incarnation. Camus’ existential research seems to lie in this dual nature of Greek culture, the Socratic spirit of reason on the one hand and that other facet of human life steeped in mystery. Camus’ idea of happiness seems to reflect this dual Plotinian and Agostinian vision and seems to find a perfect synthesis in the idea of the godless saint. Uneasiness and happiness are the “envers” and the “endroit” which consume Albert Camus, the jealous keeper of the right to earthly happiness and the admirable estimator of the virtues of Christianity. |
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