In this volume, a distinguished group of philosophers. In this article, i examine the issue of forgiveness of oneself by looking at the writings of two postwar french philosophers. In 1922 he started studying philosophy at the ecole normale superieure in paris, under professor bergson. Vladimir jankelevitch parle du je ne sais quoi et du presque rien. Pdf on jan 1, 2008, peter krapp and others published between forgiveness and forgetting find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Originally published in 1967, le pardon, or forgiveness, is one of jankelevitch s most influential works. In le pardon, a purely philosophical zvork that i have published elsewhere, the answer to the question, must we pardon. Le pardon est fort comme le mal, mais le mal est fort comme le pardon.
Jankelevitch was the son of russian jewish parents, who had emigrated to france. Download full vladimir jankelevitch and the question of forgiveness book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. Avoir raison avec vladimir jankelevitch par adele van reeth. Based on the proceedings of an international conference, vladimir jankelevitch and the question of forgiveness comprises the first booklength expository and critical reading of jankelevitchs masterwork. Le pardon by vladimir jankelevitch overdrive rakuten. The time of forgiveness traces the reflections of the french philosopher and.
Vladimir jankelevitch portant precisement sur cette notion. In it, he characterizes the ultimate ethical act of forgiving as behaving toward the perpetrator as if he or she had never committed the action, rather than merely forgetting or rationalizing ita controversial notion when considering. Vladimir jankelevitch, le pardon, paris, aubier, 1967, p. Traditionally, a first philosophy provides the cornerstone on which the rest of a thinkers philosophy is constructed either upward in the architectonics of systematic structures or outward in concentric circles extending from the initial pulse of inspiration at the epicenter. He grounds his position in an understanding of forgiveness as a social act extended by a wronged party to the guilty.
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