The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)

The aim of this paper is to provide a philosophical reading of a famous novel by Pär Lagerkvist entitled The Dwarf. The novel’s protagonist is to be found as the embodiment of evil. His diaries explore his own identity. Hence the paper shall employ the Dwarf's confessions to describe the ontolo...

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Main Author:	Miłosz Puczydłowski
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University 2020-03-01
Series:	The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
Subjects:	ontology evil freedom lagerkvist plotinus
Online Access:	https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/145031258/pja-56-5-puczydlowski.pdf/8847a11a-4f5f-4dbe-8e20-ef074747f642

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spelling	doaj-7170ab92143a4a808ffc35a1080947ac2021-01-07T16:58:55ZdeuInstitute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian UniversityThe Polish Journal of Aesthetics2544-82422544-82422020-03-01561/2020859910.19205/56.20.5The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)Miłosz Puczydłowski0Pedagogical University of KrakowThe aim of this paper is to provide a philosophical reading of a famous novel by Pär Lagerkvist entitled The Dwarf. The novel’s protagonist is to be found as the embodiment of evil. His diaries explore his own identity. Hence the paper shall employ the Dwarf's confessions to describe the ontology of evil. That will be then compared to the classical metaphysics of good and evil based on Plotinus’ Enneads. The ideas of evil’s homogenity, impenetrability, infertility and absurdity are studied. In the conclusion, the utmost importance of human freedom is indicated in these works of both Lagerkvist and Plotinus.https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/145031258/pja-56-5-puczydlowski.pdf/8847a11a-4f5f-4dbe-8e20-ef074747f642ontologyevilfreedomlagerkvistplotinus
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title	The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)
title_short	The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)
title_full	The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)
title_fullStr	The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)
title_full_unstemmed	The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)
title_sort	ontology of evil and its anthropological moment of freedom in pär lagerkvist’s the dwarf and plotinus’ enneads (i.vii-viii)
publisher	Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University
series	The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
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publishDate	2020-03-01
description	The aim of this paper is to provide a philosophical reading of a famous novel by Pär Lagerkvist entitled The Dwarf. The novel’s protagonist is to be found as the embodiment of evil. His diaries explore his own identity. Hence the paper shall employ the Dwarf's confessions to describe the ontology of evil. That will be then compared to the classical metaphysics of good and evil based on Plotinus’ Enneads. The ideas of evil’s homogenity, impenetrability, infertility and absurdity are studied. In the conclusion, the utmost importance of human freedom is indicated in these works of both Lagerkvist and Plotinus.
topic	ontology evil freedom lagerkvist plotinus
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The Ontology of Evil and Its Anthropological Moment of Freedom in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf and Plotinus’ Enneads (I.VII-VIII)

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