2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies on Pascal's anthropology, its origins and influences
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23520377
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
European literature (English literature excluded)
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 『パンセ』 / 無知 / モンテーニュ / 『エセー』 / ラ・ボエシ / 『自発的隷従論』 / 慈愛 / 友愛 |
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| Research Abstract |
First, through the analysis of the concept of 'ignorance' in Pascal, I demonstrated that his anthropology amounts to confirm the importance of 'charity', love for others and love for God. Second, to study Montaigne's influence on Pascal, I considered several important themes in "Essays", such as human dignity, the judgment or diversion. Third, I published the Japanes translation of La Boetie's "Discourse on Voluntary Servitude", then I noticed that the concept of 'friendship' (amitie) in this treatise has two different origins: Greek and Christian.
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