Self-consciousness and Death in Joseph de Maistre and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
Although it is not usual to study them together, there are many similarities between Joseph de Maistre and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. However, there are also many clear differences. It is useful, therefore, to address both in detail. We believe that in this way we can obtain a more articulate pictur...
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Centro de Estudios de Filosofía Clásica, Instituto de Filosofía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
2025
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| Sumario: | Although it is not usual to study them together, there are many similarities between Joseph de Maistre and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. However, there are also many clear differences. It is useful, therefore, to address both in detail. We believe that in this way we can obtain a more articulate picture of the philosophical thought that opposed the dominant trends in modern philosophy in the 18th century. Here we consider some of those points where there are similarities and differences: the relation to Cartesianism, the kind of praxis and the concept of creation (and causality) that can be found both in Maistre and in Jacobi. This will lead us to the main conclusion of the article: Jacobi's philosophy can shed light on one aspect of Maistre's thought (namely, faith as something necessary, as a presupposition, for thought), and Maistre's philosophy can shed light on a little-worked aspect of Jacobi's philosophy: namely, the essential link between faith and the voluntary decision to die out of love for something of a higher order than our own life. |
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