Traite des apparences

by Santiago Espinosa

Book cover: Traite des apparences

Extent: 216 pages

Publisher: Encre Marine

Subjects: Philosophy

Series: Encre Marine

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(September 2017)

ISBN: 9782350881225

6.34 x 8.86 inches

Price: $32.00

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Ce troisieme volet clot la reflexion entamee avec L’Inexpressif musical et poursuivie dans Voir et entendre, sur la notion d’expression en art.


This third volume extends the critique of expressivity to the concept of appearance, art in general, politics and philosophy. The book begins with a prologue in which the author shows that the search-stemming from the Judaeo-Christian hermeneutic tradition-for a hidden and mysterious meaning of reality conflicts with the Greek view, according to which reality in itself already constitutes its own meaning. That is what the term “appearance” refers to. The first chapter raises the issue of critique of expressivity in art, taken as a means of communication as much as a dissimulation of meaning. The second chapter is a critique of politics and morality derived from the expressionist perspective. The last chapter delves into the philosophical forms which seem to be anchored in the concept of expression, and contrasts each form with an outline of the philosophy of appearances.

Prelude I. Esthetique de l'apparence 1. Chauvet. - 2. L'oeuvre et son double. - 3. Le hasard createur. - 4. La belle apparence. Verite et mensonge au sens intra-esthetique. - 5. L'apparence, l'apparition, l'apparaitre. - Epilogue : la joie esthetique. II. Politique de l'apparence 1. Les infortunes de la vertu moralisante. - 2. Les vertus du paraitre. - 3. La force du discours. Le roi et son portrait. III. Expression et illusion 1. L'apparence et le bon sens. - 2. Monde apparent et mondes vrais. - 3. Expressionnisme transitif, illusion transcendante. - 4. Expressionnisme intransitif, illusion immanente. - 5. L'inexpressive realite. - Coda. Langage et realite. Finale. Narcisse ou l'apparence. Les simulacres de l'amour

  • By (author) Santiago Espinosa

"Dans le Traite des apparences, Santiago Espinosa prend le parti de Balthasar Gracian : Ce qui ne se percoit pas n'existe pas . Il perce toutes les dangereuses illusions auxquelles conduisent les pensees qui, postulant un arriere-monde, aboutissent a ce qu'on ferme les yeux sur le monde reel."