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The Transcendental Grounds of Novalis’ Conception of Life as Poetical Work

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Published/Copyright: September 26, 2023

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to show Novalis’ complete belonging to the history of transcendental philosophy by bringing out the connection between his conception of poetry and the issue of transcendental imagination in Kant and Fichte. Given that solving this problem is the main issue around which Novalisian thought is structured, an attempt is made to consider the writing style adopted by the author as necessary to fulfill this task, and not as an arbitrary rhetorical choice. The connection between poetry and philosophy is then explored in the practical role it has to play among human beings, namely, that of revealing the meaning of the whole reality as a manifestation of the absolute. Thus, life itself is properly displayed by the singular existences as absolute creativity, such as that of poetical creations.


Corresponding author: Maurizio Maria Malimpensa, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Paradiso, 12 – 44121Ferrara, Italy, E-mail:

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Received: 2023-01-02
Accepted: 2023-08-29
Published Online: 2023-09-26
Published in Print: 2023-12-15

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