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Democrite, Epicure, Lucrece

Democrite, Epicure, Lucrece


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English summary: The general belief used to be that the Atomism of Democritus resulted from a mere "replication of the Eleatic being." A profusion of monographs tended to "dematerialise" the Democritean atom, interpreting it to be anything one wished other than a corpuscle. Adopting a contrary view, Jean Salem endeavoured to present a materialistic interpretation of this thought, which he considers to be the founding concept of philosophical materialism. Far from limiting itself to the role of a rather strange offshoot of Parmenidean Eleatism, Atomism expands upon and amplifies Anaxagoras' and Empedocles' speculations and even those of the first Ionian natural philosophers. Furthermore, it is linked to prehistory and the history of science. Also, despite a few doctrinal divergences, Epicurus and his Roman disciple Lucretius merely expanded upon their predecessor Democritus' extraordinary intuition.Using these principles as his point of departure, Jean Salem offers, in this compendium of texts, a commentary on the Letter in which Epicurus summarises his ethics, describes Lucretius' struggle against popular religion, and seeks to identify the conditions of pure pleasure according to the Epicureans. Then the author briefly outlines what could be regarded as a history of philosophical Atomism: Democritus, Epicurus, Lucretius, as well as the Motekallamin, Nicolas d'Autrecourt, Gassendi, Boyle, Cudworth, Newton, Diderot, etc. He points out the extreme value of the dogma on the atomicity of time - one supported by several Greek, Roman, Latin and Arab atomists. Lastly, in his concluding analysis, Jean Salem sanctions what enthusiasts of antiquity such as Karl Marx, had already affirmed: the odd Epicurean theory of Atomic Declination possesses at least the great merit of attempting to "salvage," within the very core of the most radical materialism, the indisputable fact of free will. French description: Il y avait la sentence convenue en vertu de laquelle l'atomisme de Democrite resulterait d'un simple monnayage de l'etre eleatique . Il y avait cette foule de monographies qui tendaient a dematerialiser l'atome democriteen, a en faire tout ce qu'on voudra sauf un corpuscule. Jean Salem, prenant un parti contraire, s'est efforce de presenter une interpretation materialiste de cette pensee qu'il tient pour fondatrice du materialisme philosophique. Bien loin de se reduire a un surgeon quelque peu baroque de l'eleatisme parmenidien, la philosophie des atomes prolonge et amplifie les speculations d'Empedocle et d'Anaxagore, voire celles des premiers physiologues ioniens. Elle a partie liee, en outre, avec la prehistoire et l'histoire de sciences. Aussi, malgre quelques divergences de doctrine, Epicure, et son disciple romain Lucrece n'ont-ils fait que prolonger l'extraordinaire intuition de leur devancier Democrite.C'est en partant de tels principes que Jean Salem donne, dans les textes qui sont ici reunis, un commentaire de la Lettre dans laquelle Epicure resume son ethique; qu'il decrit la lutte que Lucrece a menee contre la religion populaire; qu'il tente de determiner ce que sont, du point de vue des epicuriens, les conditions du plaisir pur. L'auteur brosse ensuite une rapide esquisse de ce que pourrait etre une histoire de l'atomisme philosophique: Democrite, Epicure, Lucrece, mais aussi les Mottecallemin, Nicolas d'Autrecourt, Gassendi, Boyle, Cudworth, Newton, Diderot, etc. Il signale l'extreme interet du dogme touchant l'atomicite du temps, dogme que soutinrent plusieurs atomistes - grecs, romains, latins ou arabes. Jean Salem approuve enfin, dans l'etude qui clot le present recueil, ce qu'affirmait deja l'antiquisant... Karl Marx: l'etrange theorie epicurienne de la declinaison atomique possede au moins ce grand merite qu'elle tente de sauver, au sein meme du materialisme le plus radical, le fait incontestable de la liberte.Jean Salem est l'auteur de nombreux livres sur le materialisme de l'antiquite.Il a publie recemment a Encre Marine, Lenine et la revolution
About the Author: Jean Salem est l'auteur de nombreux livres sur le materialisme de l'antiquite. Il a publie recemment a Encre Marine, Lenine et la revolution


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  • ISBN-13: 9782350880761
  • Publisher: Les Belles Lettres
  • Publisher Imprint: Les Belles Lettres
  • Edition: 0002-
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 349 gr
  • ISBN-10: 2350880761
  • Publisher Date: 11 Apr 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 178 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Series Title: Encre Marine
  • Sub Title: La Verite Du Minuscule
  • Width: 132 mm


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