De l'usage philosophique de quelques particules

Résumé En Fr

Certain particles of major philosophical interest, which have long been forgotten under the impact of verbs and substantives, apparently heavier due to their own semantic weight, would appear to merit more attentive reflection. Three of these particles have been chosen, which all appear to belong to the same field of meaning, as being, as, as if. Philosophy inherits all three from the Greek usage, especially in Aristotle and the Neoplatonists. The aim of the present study is to give a precise account of their meaning, in order to measure their critical impact within philosophy. Transl, by J. Dudley). Certain particles of major philosophical interest, which have long been forgotten under the impact of verbs and substantives, apparently heavier due to their own semantic weight, would appear to merit more attentive reflection. Three of these particles have been chosen, which all appear to belong to the same field of meaning, as being, as, as if. Philosophy inherits all three from the Greek usage, especially in Aristotle and the Neoplatonists. The aim of the present study is to give a precise account of their meaning, in order to measure their critical impact within philosophy. Transl, by J. Dudley).

Longtemps oubliées au bénéfice des verbes et des substantifs, plus lourds apparemment de leur propre poids sémantique, certaines particules, d'un intérêt philosophique majeur, mériteraient de retenir une plus attentive réflexion. On a choisi trois de ces particules, qui semblent appartenir à un même champ de signification: «en tant que», comme, comme si. La philosophie les hérite toutes trois de l'usage grec, tout particulièrement chez Aristote et les néo-platoniciens. On s'attache, dans cette étude, à préciser leur sens, en vue de mesurer leur impact critique à l'intérieur de la philosophie.