Woensdag
1 november 2017 heeft de jonge Roemeense filosoof Razvan Ioan aan de
Universiteit Leiden zijn dissertatie verdedigd: "No one has yet determíned
what the body can do". The Turn to the Body in Spinoza and Nietzsche.
Promotie, Univ. Leiden, 1 november 2017
[Als u op de afbeelding klikt komt u bij een Nederlandse toelichting]
This
thesis is a comparative study in the History of Modern Philosophy focused on
the recourse to philosophical physiology on the part of two key figures, Spinoza
and Nietzsche. This involves comparative research into their emphatic appeal to
the body as the key to solving fundamental philosophical problems. While the
groundwork for comparative research has already been laid in studies of a
number of key concepts, a comparative study of Spinoza and Nietzsche focused on
physiology has not yet been conducted. I argue that, in spite of tremendous
differences, these two thinkers come close in their rejection of moral and
metaphysical illusions they claim are characteristic of the philosophical
tradition they respond to, and in their focus on self-knowledge understood as
knowledge of the body’s endogenous power to act. This leads them to formulate
strikingly similar normative programs informed by their shared c ommitment to
naturalism and immanence. [cf. Univ. Leiden]
Wanneer het proefschrift wordt gepubliceerd, zal ik zeker nog eens op terugkomen.
Wanneer het proefschrift wordt gepubliceerd, zal ik zeker nog eens op terugkomen.








