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9 août 2021
- doi: 10.4000/books.pul.10961
- isbn: 9782729704964
- eisbn: 9782729710392
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Résumé
To develop a philosophical consideration of Satan, two conditions are presupposed:a) the existence or non-existence of Satan does not enter into the argument,b) Satan’s presence is not excluded from his mythology in culture.Philosophy reminds us that the appearance of Satan’s figure remains in connection with the expression of the imaginary with regard to the irreductible experiences of humanity, that his mythology is creative of meaning to be imposed on the various changing figures of the inhuman, and that belief in his activity is not dissociated from its different uses in society.Whatever form it takes, Satan will remain in culture because, in all likelihood, humanity is incapable of living without mythology: mythology, which is humanity’s cause for self-reflection and a means for it to ward off its self-doubts.