Vita biografica vs. Vita biologica. la questione dell’anthropos in Karl Löwith

This work focuses on Karl Löwith’s anthropology. Despite the great number of anthropological studies carried out at the beginning of 20th Century and aimed at describing human nature by means of natural science (biology, ethology, zoology), Löwith elaborates an anthropology based on the concept of b...

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Main Author: Gambardella, Fabiana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it 2012-12-01
Series:S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it
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Online Access:http://www.scienzaefilosofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/res647566_14-GAMBARDELLA-2.pdf
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Summary:This work focuses on Karl Löwith’s anthropology. Despite the great number of anthropological studies carried out at the beginning of 20th Century and aimed at describing human nature by means of natural science (biology, ethology, zoology), Löwith elaborates an anthropology based on the concept of biographical life. Man is not a simple living being, he is also an unnatural being that produces himself through the relationship with the other within a shared world.
ISSN:2036-2927
2036-2927