Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm

Autores
Grassi, Martín
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Fil: Grassi, Martín. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Filosofía; Argentina
Fil: Grassi, Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Abstract: How can life be defined? In this paper, I will stress the importance of self-sufficiency (or, more rigorously, “autarchy”) in defining what life is in Western thought. I will address philosophy, biology, and theology, by studying Aristotle’s natural philosophy, Thomas Aquinas’ theology, and Maturana and Varela’s biological theory of autopoiesis. Although self-sufficiency is quite revealing of what life is, I will argue that it does notdo justice to the relational essence of life, being my goal to open new perspectives on life by placing the prefix syn- over the prefix autós-. The philosophical task today seems to be to understand what relationality and community means, and I argue that for that end the “autarchy paradigm” should be challenged, understanding life (bíos) essentially as “life in common” (symbiosis).
Fuente
Science, Religion and Culture, 5(1), 2018
Materia
FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Repositorio
Repositorio Institucional (UCA)
Institución
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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spelling Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigmGrassi, MartínFILOSOFIAVIDAAUTARQUIAAristóteles, 384-322 a. C.DIOSTomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.Maturana, Humberto, 1928-Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001Fil: Grassi, Martín. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Filosofía; ArgentinaFil: Grassi, Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaAbstract: How can life be defined? In this paper, I will stress the importance of self-sufficiency (or, more rigorously, “autarchy”) in defining what life is in Western thought. I will address philosophy, biology, and theology, by studying Aristotle’s natural philosophy, Thomas Aquinas’ theology, and Maturana and Varela’s biological theory of autopoiesis. Although self-sufficiency is quite revealing of what life is, I will argue that it does notdo justice to the relational essence of life, being my goal to open new perspectives on life by placing the prefix syn- over the prefix autós-. The philosophical task today seems to be to understand what relationality and community means, and I argue that for that end the “autarchy paradigm” should be challenged, understanding life (bíos) essentially as “life in common” (symbiosis).Smith and Franklin2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/49752055-222X10.17582/journal.src/2018/5.1.1.12Grassi, M. Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm [en línea]. Science, Religion and Culture. 2018, 5 (1). Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4975Science, Religion and Culture, 5(1), 2018reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2025-07-03T10:56:00Zoai:ucacris:123456789/4975instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:56:00.507Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse
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title Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
spellingShingle Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
Grassi, Martín
FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
title_short Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
title_full Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
title_fullStr Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
title_full_unstemmed Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
title_sort Life as autarchy : deconstructing bio-theological western paradigm
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Grassi, Martín
author Grassi, Martín
author_facet Grassi, Martín
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
topic FILOSOFIA
VIDA
AUTARQUIA
Aristóteles, 384-322 a. C.
DIOS
Tomás de Aquino, Santo, 1225?-1274.
Maturana, Humberto, 1928-
Varela, Francisco, 1946-2001
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Fil: Grassi, Martín. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Departamento de Filosofía; Argentina
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Abstract: How can life be defined? In this paper, I will stress the importance of self-sufficiency (or, more rigorously, “autarchy”) in defining what life is in Western thought. I will address philosophy, biology, and theology, by studying Aristotle’s natural philosophy, Thomas Aquinas’ theology, and Maturana and Varela’s biological theory of autopoiesis. Although self-sufficiency is quite revealing of what life is, I will argue that it does notdo justice to the relational essence of life, being my goal to open new perspectives on life by placing the prefix syn- over the prefix autós-. The philosophical task today seems to be to understand what relationality and community means, and I argue that for that end the “autarchy paradigm” should be challenged, understanding life (bíos) essentially as “life in common” (symbiosis).
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