Abstract

SCHUTIJSER, Dennis. Saint Augustine's Giveness: Disappearing and Directionality. Escritos - Fac. Filos. Let. Univ. Pontif. Bolivar. [online]. 2018, vol.26, n.56, pp.133-149. ISSN 0120-1263.  https://doi.org/10.18566/escr.v26n56.a06.

The article reconstructs Jean-Luc Marion's phenomenological reading of Saint Augustine's Confessions in his book Au lieu de soi [In the Self's Place: The Approach of St. Augustine]. Marion presents himself as a philosopher who aims to take philosophy beyond ontology, particularly by means of a phenomenology of giveness. The latter is typified by a triple disappearing: that of the givee (oneself), of the giver (God), and of the gift (Grace). The use of the space metaphor reveals the appearance of two empty spaces linked with a multiple movement. The article concludes with some questions regarding the disappearing of the self and of God in the reading of Confessions.

Keywords : Saint Augustine; Phenomenology; Giveness; Ego; God.

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