This essay outlines the analysis of the central categories of Mircea Eliade’s philosophy, i.e., those of space and time, concentrating on the latter. Eliade makes out two fundamental ways of understanding time and history: one linear (characteristic of the Judeo-Christian tradition, of western science and culture) and one circular (characteristic of primitive religions). In the light of the Eliade’s own analyses, such a distinction turns out to be unsustainable. Mainly through Nietzsche’s philosophy, the illegitimacy of the proposal of Eliade, who – on the grounds of that distinction – hopes for the retrieval of the possibility (essential to a circular understanding of time) of freeing oneself from the pain and the anxiety inherent to a linear understanding of time is thus brought to light.
Tempo lineare e tempo circolare in Mircea Eliade
FURLANI, SIMONE
2003-01-01
Abstract
This essay outlines the analysis of the central categories of Mircea Eliade’s philosophy, i.e., those of space and time, concentrating on the latter. Eliade makes out two fundamental ways of understanding time and history: one linear (characteristic of the Judeo-Christian tradition, of western science and culture) and one circular (characteristic of primitive religions). In the light of the Eliade’s own analyses, such a distinction turns out to be unsustainable. Mainly through Nietzsche’s philosophy, the illegitimacy of the proposal of Eliade, who – on the grounds of that distinction – hopes for the retrieval of the possibility (essential to a circular understanding of time) of freeing oneself from the pain and the anxiety inherent to a linear understanding of time is thus brought to light.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
