TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the book Metaphysical Horror composed by the prominent Polish thinker and historian of concepts Leszek Koakowski has been released in the Iranian book market.Alireza Attarzadeh has equated the book, and Qoqnoos Publishing Group has actually released it in 175 pages, Mehr reported.For over a century, theorists have argued that philosophy is difficult or ineffective, or both.
The standard concept dates back to the days of Socrates, there is still heated difference about the nature of fact, truth, understanding, the good, and so on.This might make little useful difference to our lives, however it leaves us with a sensation of extreme unpredictability, a sensation described by Kolakowski as metaphysical horror.The horror is this, if absolutely nothing genuinely exists other than the Absolute, the Absolute is nothing; if absolutely nothing truly exists except myself, I am nothing, the author stated.
The aim of this book, for Kolakowski, is discovering an escape of this seeming dead end.In a trenchant analysis that functions as an introduction to almost all of Western philosophy, Kolakowski confronts these problems head on through examinations of several popular theorists, consisting of Descartes, Spinoza, Husserl, and a number of the Neo-Platonists.
He discovers that approach might not provide conclusive responses to the fundamental questions, yet the quest itself changes our lives.
It may undermine the majority of our certainties, yet it still leaves space for our spiritual yearnings and spiritual beliefs.The final sentence of the book catches the hopefulness that has endured the scary of nothingness when Kolakowski asks: Is it not sensible to believe that if existence were meaningless and deep space devoid of significance, we would never ever have achieved not only the capability to think of otherwise, but even the ability to amuse this really thoughtto wit, that existence is meaningless and the universe lacking meaning? The response, obviously, is clear.
Now it depends on readers to take up the difficulty of his arguments.Leszek Koakowski (1927-2009) is best known for his critical analysis of Marxist thought, particularly his acclaimed three-volume history Main Currents of Marxism.
In his later work, Kolakowski significantly concentrated on religious questions.
In his 1986 Jefferson Lecture, he asserted that We find out history not in order to know how to act or how to prosper, however to know who we are.In Poland, Koakowski is not only revered as a theorist and historian of ideas, but likewise as an icon for opponents of communism.
Adam Michnik has called Koakowski one of the most prominent creators of modern Polish culture.SS/