Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm

Abstract: How can life be defined? In this paper, I will stress the importance of self-sufficiency (or, more rigorously, “autarchy”) in defining what life is in Western thought. I will address philosophy, biology, and theology, by studying Aristotle’s natural philosophy, Thomas Aquinas’ theology, an...

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Autor principal: Grassi, Martín
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Smith and Franklin 2019
Materias:
FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4975
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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topic FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
spellingShingle FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
Grassi, Martín
Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
topic_facet FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
description Abstract: How can life be defined? In this paper, I will stress the importance of self-sufficiency (or, more rigorously, “autarchy”) in defining what life is in Western thought. I will address philosophy, biology, and theology, by studying Aristotle’s natural philosophy, Thomas Aquinas’ theology, and Maturana and Varela’s biological theory of autopoiesis. Although self-sufficiency is quite revealing of what life is, I will argue that it does notdo justice to the relational essence of life, being my goal to open new perspectives on life by placing the prefix syn- over the prefix autós-. The philosophical task today seems to be to understand what relationality and community means, and I argue that for that end the “autarchy paradigm” should be challenged, understanding life (bíos) essentially as “life in common” (symbiosis).
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title_short Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
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