Abstract
In an attempt to disconnect the ‘phe
nomenon’ of thinking from the eidetic possi
bilities imposed by traditional philosophy,
Schelling takes as a starting point the aristote
lian distinction between energeia and dynamis
and modifies the most profound structure of
being. This modification implies a profound
change of predicative structure, by means of
which the copula “is”, instead of being used
predicatively, becomes a dynamic transfer
from subject to predicate, while predicate only
emerges in the encounter between pure think
ing and that which exists. In that sense, Schell
ing carries out the transformation of tradi
tional relation of subject and object by means
of introducing in it reflexivity (no reflexivity
without transitivity) which permits him to sub
stitute the linear movement of logic determina
tions by the transversal movement that pro
vides each time ever-new possibility for the
institution of meaning.
Thi
s situat
ion further impl
ies a profound
modification in the relation of being and think
ing and makes possible that it appears on the
phenomenological plane. For, according to this
new relation, being is set outside of thinking
and thinking is set outside of being, for which
reason the relation between the two cannot be
but between being and thinking, i.e. in the
phenomenological oscillation and/or vibration
of the transcendental. It is something which
cannot be determined but in a provisional way –that to which Marc Richir refers as the oscil
lation of transcendental illusion (le clignote
ment de l’illusion transcendentale).
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