Constantin Noica Or ,,The Discovery of the Thoughts Embodied Into Words”

Constantin Noica or ,,the discovery of the thoughts embodied into words” - Summary - Through the paper Constantin Noica or ,,the discovery of the thoughts embodied into words” we intend to reveal the hermeneutic skills of the philosopher from Păltiniş. Assuming the peril of remaining a thinker less known in the world, Constantin Noica leaned with predilection on the specificity of the romanian language, namely about its ability to render subtle and variable of the universal philosophical thinking; revealed and interpreted, certain expressions from the romanian language prove to be rich in philosophical significances. Although the first modern work of philosophy does not appear in the romanian space than in the second half of the nineteenth century, these amounts, in terms of quality, to the level of the other european works contemporary their. Despite the fact that we wanted to highlight the hermeneutic qualities of the thinker of Păltiniş, we should mention that Noica wasn’t a hermeneut in the sense of imposing a theory of hermeneutics, as thinkers of the stature of Schleiermacher and Gadamer, but as Alexandru Surdu said, he is content to discover thoughts embodied in words. We have tried, therefore, to fix some principles of critical and constructive assessment of how Noica, of how Noica has achieved its objectives during its work, especially after 1964. Our intention was, on the one hand, to present the achievements of Păltiniş thinker, on the other hand, to initiate with this work a discussion about the universal value of Noica’s hermeneutical approach. We plan to open this horizon especialy because, even in other cultural spaces in which are philosophical achievements of exception, whereas, aren’t written and in a language of universal wave (English, French, German), remain largely unknown. Some conclusions and consideration requires to be formulated in concluding this paper. Our approach is similar with the meanings of the adverb ba, that accompanied by a negation leads to the grammatical composition ba da ( it’s so); the meaning expressed by this is that of a double claim, we quote the explanation given by B.P. Hasdeu in Etymologicum Magnum Romaniae: ,,the expression ba da/it’s so, as reply to the question 1 nu te duci/ do not go? contains by itself an element of opposition, is less categorical than simple da/ yes1. As concerning the results of our interpretation exercise, materialized in a series of landmark-concepts outlining the work of Noica, we don’t arrogate the pride to consider them exhaustive or a priori valid but we take the risk of all possible objections, however, harboring the conviction that we will be able to bring to light new aspects and important philosophical thinking about the thinking Păltiniş. Our advocacy is divided in five chapters in which it is desired a unified approach of Noica’s philosophy that converges towards the confirmation of Noica hermeneutical approach. The connection of our paper consists in a certain circularity of ideas, which I tried to emphasize only the issue of Noica hermeneutical approach. For this we have identified Noica works containing in their methodology the hermeneutic proceeding, our perception is due to the way in which the philosopher conceives in the works that he studied the analytical approach, thereby, he understands above all, the methodology of the paper that he takes into account, then he will interpret texts, ideas, concepts and doctrines. In his effort to make known the word universally, Noica developed an own method, encompassing three genuine systems of philosophy: hermeneutic, the ontological and logical. The first part of the paper begins by presenting the conceptual and methodological analysis made by Noica. We show here that the lesson detached from completing the studies of Vulcănescu about The romanian dimension of existence was a great help for Noica especially in regard to the establishment of a romanian hermeneutical model which the philosopher completes in three of his works: Romanian philosophical utterance, Creation and beautiful in the romanian utterance, The romanian feeling of being, the first two were reunited under the name Word along about the romanian utterance. The first chapter of this paper, entitled Constantin Noica, a hermeneut that investigated the profoundness of the romanian language in order to reveal it’s hidden virtues, I approached both issues related to the hermeneutic side of Noica analysis and possible directions to which might straighten the philosophy of the author. In the first chapter we reconfigured the route traversed by the philosopher to outline a romanian hermeneutical model, its concern for romanian words are illustrated through the many examples which he carefully from the historical ,,coffer” of the romanian language. The thinker finds, therefore, that 1 B.P.Hasdeu, Etymologicum Magnum Romaniae, Founded by M.S. King Carol, Second Edition,The Publishing House Library, E. Graeve Comp. Bucharest, 1894, p. 238 2 some words forgotten in the hidden being have in their core some speculative ways that could bring something new, that could complete concepts that are already known in universality or could compete with them. Amongst these we quote few, chosen by philosopher namely: the couple itself ( sinele) and self ( sinea ), the verbal abstract fire, the phrase vremea vremuieşte ( taken by Noica from the romanian adage: ,,Ceasul bate lovește și vremea stă, vremuiește), the archaic sentence întru, the words rost și rostire, trecere, petrecere. Of these, the most important is the word utterance derived from the latin rostrum, which seems to be the only romanian term that could be equalized the greek concept of logos – this princes of the thought covering itself half of it. The meanings and the evolution of the word utterance have revealed to Noica the substrate of a romanian phylosophical thinking, initially, the word had a concrete meaning, its evolution, therefore, start from a concrete meaning to one speculative. But then, the romanian philosophical thinking had another order, Noica watched the transformation by researching the original records prepared by the specialists for the Romanian language dictionary, so it is possible that some sources have been lost. But whatever the evolution, it has meant, as the philosopher himself confesses, first: ,,ordinea, apoi modul de a-ţi întocmi viaţa, înţelesul, raţiunea ( ,,order, and how to prepare your life, meaning, reason” ) ”2. The gist of our approach lies in the second chapter in which we deal with the paper Letters about logic of Hermes; as shown the etymology of the name in the title, Hermes is the god of communication and interpretation, his name resonating with utterance and the purpose of interpretation. The fact that the philosopher ends the activity of the romanian philosophical utterance with the paper mentioned above, is another aspect that has suggested his intention to set up a logical hermeneutic ( as Theodor Dima calls it ) namely, a logic of the utterance. Precisely for accomplishing this, the philosopher assumed the risk that we discussed above, namely, the one of remaining a thinker little known in the world. Noica gave special attention to the specificity of the romanian language, rediscovering in the romanian spirit subtle nuances and varied of the universal philosophical thinking. These considerations led us to an interrogative approach: To what extent Noica efforts could be integrated into universality? Our question tone is rhetorical and dialectic, actually, our aim is rather to arouse controversy; if we succeed, it will mean that Noica can still attract attention. 2 Constantin Noica, Cuvânt împreună despre rostirea românească ( Word together about the romanian utterance), Publishing house Eminescu, Bucharest, The Scânteii Square 1, p. 24 3 It should be also noted the fact that Noica is not the only one who talked about the creative power of the language, great philosophers, such as Humboldt, Heidegger and Wittgenstein (here we refer to the language games), they also gave a particular attention to the language. From the romanian space I remembered Mircea Vulcanescu who paid a special attention to the romanian words and their meanings, being the first romanian philosopher that has tried to define a romanian ontological model based on linguistic patterns; thus, terms as ins (fellow) , fire ca lume ( wires as world) and vreme (time), fiinţa ca însuşire ( the existence as virtue ), tăgăduirea fiinţei (disavowal of the being), are key-concepts in the system developed by Vulcanescu, discovering thereby, in some words of the romanian language the romanian dimension of existence. The romanian dimension of existence is the study in which Mircea Vulcănescu accomplish throw the romanian concept of felow, an analysis of the romanian being paradigm, define the following: the problem of the particular being ( problema fiinţei particulare ), the idea of the particular existence ( idea existenţei particulare ), the fellow and his characters ( insul şi caracterele lui ), the fellow ( insul), being and the deed ( fiinţa şi lucrul ), substrate of the nature (substratul firii ), wires and ownership (fire şi însuşire) , being of being ( fiinţa fiinţei ) and nature of being ( firea fiinţei ). Through the idea of the romanian particular existence of the fellow, Vulcănescu understands the special problems of ,, ,,insului, fiinţă sau lucru, cu starea, lucrarea sau păţaniile lui, cu însuşirile, firea, chipu, rostu şi soarta lui, ori ale întâmplării cu starea, substratul, pricina, prilejul, împrejurările ei( ,,the felow, being or thing, the state, the deed or his adventures, with his characteristics, nature, icon, grouting and his fate, or the chance with the state, the substrate, the opportunity, its circumstances)”3. The ontological model constituted by Vulcănescu is centered around the concept the wire of the fellow ( de fire a insului); the nature ( fire) is the metaphysical substratum of the individual, and its entire plan of existence is in the nature of the things, of the felow. Finally, the hidden substrate of the romanian language revealed to Vulcănescu a metaphysical system of the romanian being.

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