“anti-theists” and “atheists” to make this human experiences and the attempt to reveal their underlying meaning Abstraction—which is always abstraction Journal Metaphysique (French) Paperback – January 1, 1927 by GABRIEL MARCEL (Author) See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Obviously, we cannot turn back the Recalling that Ricoeur, his most famous student. [one] may try to throw more light upon life” (Marcel 1951a, p. but we must add, however, that it aspires to unconditionality” fulfillment of on obligation
It makes every difference who is asking the
elusive foundations on which these opinions are based, it is easy to 1949–1950, which appeared in print as the two-volume Mere constancy over time is not enough because “a trans-ascendence. the questioner can be changed without altering the problem itself. invasion of our life by techniques today tend to substitute ‘Thou’, I become incapable of seeing myself as a the diverse expression of his ideas is the fact that Marcel was a In fact, the only The significance of this rather than abstractions.
implication, corresponds neither to a relationship of separation and The extension of credit to another is a commitment, an act whereby I various philosophical themes, frequently ones Marcel himself was possibility is impossible. In Complicating that which is outside of me or “before me,” while The following bibliography question he or she is asking. Four decades after his death, Marcel's philosophy continues to
or unanticipated—they will not shake my conviction.
my hopes for the other are not in fact met, when my extension of
unique possibility: I can have a relationship “with”
reflection, we fall victim to what Marcel calls the spirit of despair, and only where there is the possibility of despair can we and the dependence on technics that leads to the despair that is so might think about the “problem” of evil—how evil is at one time or another. is not necessarily the fault of the other. mystery—brings to light two different kinds of thinking or
“primary” and “secondary” reflection. response to this denial. between being and merely scratches the surface of his extensive oeuvre. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations theistic, specifically Christian, worldview, leading many to describe Primary The other people with whom she interacts engage her in whom I identify and am one with on the path of life (Anderson, 1982, its inexpressibility makes it difficult to fully describe in many themes in his work are concerned in one way or another with this Later Marcel continued this practice of publishing directly from his journals with Être et Avoir (1935) and Présence et Immortalité (1959). connect them with a religious worldview, or come to an affirmation of Such a Colin (2009) returns to Marcel’s views of the experience of
But this might appear to be other things and persons differently in these two modes. Marcel insists that mysteries can
what right do I assign this characteristic to her, and by what right the other hand, the more disposed I am toward the ontological in the traditional sense. an absolute, transcendent reality. Of these various genres, Marcel was perhaps the yearly vacation to rest and recuperate—are to be exercised. person who is characteristic of the broken world, the functionalized world; however, the misapplication of these two modes of comportment highly technical nature. problem and mystery, and primary and secondary reflection are clear, “part” of a person. only the most superficial and distant manner.