Blumenberg. La ragione del mito

Myth is not a way to go back to the origins, it has rather got its own function within the task that men carry out in receiving history. Such function also includes a continuous mythicization in order to set a distance from reality’s absolutism. Myth has its own proper sense, which is not in opposi...

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Main Author: Massimo Marassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2015-04-01
Series:Itinera
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/itinera/article/view/4792
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Summary:Myth is not a way to go back to the origins, it has rather got its own function within the task that men carry out in receiving history. Such function also includes a continuous mythicization in order to set a distance from reality’s absolutism. Myth has its own proper sense, which is not in opposition to the function of the logos. It is rather a principle of the constitution of meaning in the finitude of existence.
ISSN:2039-9251