Le Dieu d'Aristote ne dort pas. Politique et jouissance de l'inutile
Roland Sublon
Revue des sciences religieuses 1996 DOI: 10.3406/rscir.1996.3358 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that for Plato and Aristotle the function of pleasure is linked to the contemplation of principles, and that mystical experience, rather than being confined to a religious elite, reveals the lost part of the Other and precludes any theorization that would attempt to conclude with the One. |
Abstract
Our aim is to place the fonction of pleasure in the context of theoretical elaboration. For Plato and Aristotle this function is linked to the contemplation of principles. We have taken this into account in this study bearing on ethics and politics and have identified it in relation to the mystical experience. The mystical experience, far from being reduced to the privileges reserved to a religious elite, reveals the lost part of the Other, precluding any theorization which would attempt to conclude with the One.