Critical philosophy has been presented by Kant as an overcome of the 18th century Schulmetaphysik’s schemes; yet, it is also true that the metaphysics of the «School» has provided Kant with the essential framework of transcendental philosophy. In these perspectives the Kantian change can be seen as a profound rethinking of the meaning and function of some basic notion in modern ontology, starting from the Jesuit Scholasticism and expecially from the DM by Suárez: «ens» and «essentia», «possibilis» and «realis», «objectum» and «causa», «efficiens» and «transcendens». Such notions are reinterpreted by Kant in order to become new structures of critical metaphysics, but at the same time they maintain the essential core of the original meaning: in fact they explicitly realize their meaning within the Kantian system.
The Hidden Influence of Suarez on Kant's Transcendental Conception of 'Being', 'Essence' and 'Existence'
ESPOSITO, Costantino
2014-01-01
Abstract
Critical philosophy has been presented by Kant as an overcome of the 18th century Schulmetaphysik’s schemes; yet, it is also true that the metaphysics of the «School» has provided Kant with the essential framework of transcendental philosophy. In these perspectives the Kantian change can be seen as a profound rethinking of the meaning and function of some basic notion in modern ontology, starting from the Jesuit Scholasticism and expecially from the DM by Suárez: «ens» and «essentia», «possibilis» and «realis», «objectum» and «causa», «efficiens» and «transcendens». Such notions are reinterpreted by Kant in order to become new structures of critical metaphysics, but at the same time they maintain the essential core of the original meaning: in fact they explicitly realize their meaning within the Kantian system.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
