Faust and the cartesian doubt

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Autor(a) principal: Aguiar, Rosiane de Sousa Mariano
Data de Publicação: 2009
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18931
Resumo: This work presents an analysis of fundamental themes found in Goethe’s Faust (1749-1832). We aim at elucidating in this analysis Faust’s rising up to the challenge of responding to issues related to modern human condition, such as the one found in angst, helplessness, faithlessness, finitude, relations with nature and the absolute, etc. This text comes basically in two parts: the first includes questions that we consider the initial problem in Faust’s theme, and we focus on doubt and loneliness in the scene entitled “Night”. To our understanding that scene is the emblematic episode of Faust’s transformation according to the Goethean tragedy. It is in that scene that the protagonist launches the foundation for his immoderate existence as long as he allows for doubt to yield to insatiability, as represented by a Mephistophelean Faust, an archetype of modern times. The second part deals with a relation found between Descartes’ Meditations and Faust’s “Night”, a link that is justified by the importance of a philosopher who inaugurates modern thinking and presents, within his vast philosophical legacy, doubt as a lack of knowledge (science) and a demonstration of man’s skepticism when faced with existence foundations.
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spelling Faust and the cartesian doubtFausto e a dúvida cartesianaGoethe. Faust. Doubt. Modernity.Goethe. Fausto. Dúvida. Modernidade.This work presents an analysis of fundamental themes found in Goethe’s Faust (1749-1832). We aim at elucidating in this analysis Faust’s rising up to the challenge of responding to issues related to modern human condition, such as the one found in angst, helplessness, faithlessness, finitude, relations with nature and the absolute, etc. This text comes basically in two parts: the first includes questions that we consider the initial problem in Faust’s theme, and we focus on doubt and loneliness in the scene entitled “Night”. To our understanding that scene is the emblematic episode of Faust’s transformation according to the Goethean tragedy. It is in that scene that the protagonist launches the foundation for his immoderate existence as long as he allows for doubt to yield to insatiability, as represented by a Mephistophelean Faust, an archetype of modern times. The second part deals with a relation found between Descartes’ Meditations and Faust’s “Night”, a link that is justified by the importance of a philosopher who inaugurates modern thinking and presents, within his vast philosophical legacy, doubt as a lack of knowledge (science) and a demonstration of man’s skepticism when faced with existence foundations.O presente trabalho apresenta uma análise dos temas fundamentais do Fausto de Goethe (1749- 1832). Nessa análise tentamos elucidar o enfrentamento de Fausto diante das questões pertinentes à condição do homem da modernidade, a exemplo da angústia, do desamparo, da falta de fé, da finitude, da relação com a natureza e com o absoluto etc. Este texto constitui-se basicamente de duas partes. A primeira compreende as questões que destacamos ser a problemática inicial do tema de Fausto, enfocando a dúvida e a solidão na cena “Noite”. Para nós, essa cena é o episódio emblemático da transformação de Fausto na tragédia goethiana. Nela, o protagonista lança os alicerces que sustentam a sua existência desmedida ao permitir que a dúvida ceda lugar à insaciabilidade, representada por um Fausto mefistofélico, arquétipo dos tempos modernos. A segunda parte é a relação de um ponto das Meditações de Descartes com a “Noite” do Fausto, ligação que se justifica pela importância daquele como o filósofo que inaugura o pensamento moderno e apresenta, dentre seu vasto legado filosófico, a dúvida enquanto carência de conhecimento (ciência) e demonstração do ceticismo do homem diante dos fundamentos da existência.Universidade Federal do Ceará2009-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPeer-reviewed Articleapplication/pdfhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18931Argumentos - Revista de Filosofia; No 2Argumentos - Periódico de Filosofia; Núm. 2Argumentos - Revista de Filosofia; n. 21984-42551984-4247reponame:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)instname:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)instacron:UFCporhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/18931/29652Copyright (c) 2017 Argumentosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAguiar, Rosiane de Sousa Mariano2021-07-24T13:53:58Zoai:periodicos.ufc:article/18931Revistahttp://www.filosofia.ufc.br/argumentosPUBhttp://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/oaiargumentos@ufc.br||1984-42551984-4247opendoar:2021-07-24T13:53:58Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online) - Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Faust and the cartesian doubt
Fausto e a dúvida cartesiana
title Faust and the cartesian doubt
spellingShingle Faust and the cartesian doubt
Aguiar, Rosiane de Sousa Mariano
Goethe. Faust. Doubt. Modernity.
Goethe. Fausto. Dúvida. Modernidade.
title_short Faust and the cartesian doubt
title_full Faust and the cartesian doubt
title_fullStr Faust and the cartesian doubt
title_full_unstemmed Faust and the cartesian doubt
title_sort Faust and the cartesian doubt
author Aguiar, Rosiane de Sousa Mariano
author_facet Aguiar, Rosiane de Sousa Mariano
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Aguiar, Rosiane de Sousa Mariano
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Goethe. Faust. Doubt. Modernity.
Goethe. Fausto. Dúvida. Modernidade.
topic Goethe. Faust. Doubt. Modernity.
Goethe. Fausto. Dúvida. Modernidade.
description This work presents an analysis of fundamental themes found in Goethe’s Faust (1749-1832). We aim at elucidating in this analysis Faust’s rising up to the challenge of responding to issues related to modern human condition, such as the one found in angst, helplessness, faithlessness, finitude, relations with nature and the absolute, etc. This text comes basically in two parts: the first includes questions that we consider the initial problem in Faust’s theme, and we focus on doubt and loneliness in the scene entitled “Night”. To our understanding that scene is the emblematic episode of Faust’s transformation according to the Goethean tragedy. It is in that scene that the protagonist launches the foundation for his immoderate existence as long as he allows for doubt to yield to insatiability, as represented by a Mephistophelean Faust, an archetype of modern times. The second part deals with a relation found between Descartes’ Meditations and Faust’s “Night”, a link that is justified by the importance of a philosopher who inaugurates modern thinking and presents, within his vast philosophical legacy, doubt as a lack of knowledge (science) and a demonstration of man’s skepticism when faced with existence foundations.
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