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The Essence of Nihilism (Paperback)
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In 1969, Emanuele Severino underwent a Vatican trial for the
'fundamental incompatibility' between his thought and the Christian
doctrine, and was removed from his position as professor of
philosophy at the Catholic University in Milan. The Essence of
Nihilism published in 1972, was the first book to follow his
expulsion, and to firmly establish Severino's preeminent position
within the constellation of contemporary philosophy. In this
groundbreaking book, Severino reinterprets the history of Western
philosophy as the unfolding of 'the greatest folly', that is, of
the belief that 'things come out of nothing and fall back into
nothing'. According to Severino, such a typically Western
understanding of reality has produced a belief in the radical
'nothingness' of things. This, in turn has justified the treatment
of the world as an object of exploitation, degradation and
destruction. To move beyond Western nihilism, suggests Severino, we
must first of all 'return to Parmenides'. Joining forces with the
most venerable of Greek philosophers, Severino confutes the 'path
of night' of nihilism, and develops a new philosophy grounded on
the principle of the eternity of reality and of every single
existent.
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