HANNAH ARENDT: THE WANT AND THE FREEDOM

Authors

  • Carlos Antonio Mendes de Carvalho Buenos Ayres UFPI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v11i2.4720

Keywords:

a faculdade da vontade, a faculdade do pensar, a liberdade.

Abstract

This paper aims of this to describe, from Hannah Arendt’s point
of view the theoretical and historical route that provide the emergence of one at the three faculties of the spirit: the faculty of the will or want. Drawing initially on ancient Greece, the paper also deals with contributions of classic, mediavel and modern thinkers. In a retrospective approach Arendt examines the perception and installation process of the faculty of the will, by correlating it with the advent and consolidation of the linear conception of time, essencially from christian origins, against the background of cyclical conception of time, from Greek origins. It also reflects about the clash between the faculties of will and thinking, by following the controversy between Saint Tomas Aquino and Duns Scotus about the subject. Finally, the
paper links the faculty of the will to the idea of freedom which is rationale of human condition.

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Author Biography

Carlos Antonio Mendes de Carvalho Buenos Ayres, UFPI

possui graduação em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1985) , mestrado em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1994) e doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade de Brasília (2002) . Atualmente é Professor Adjunto II da Universidade Federal do Piauí. Tem experiência na área de Sociologia , com ênfase em Outras Sociologias Específicas. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: reforma do Estado, administração gerencial, política.

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Published

2008-09-06

How to Cite

BUENOS AYRES, Carlos Antonio Mendes de Carvalho. HANNAH ARENDT: THE WANT AND THE FREEDOM. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 2, p. 215–246, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v11i2.4720. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/4720. Acesso em: 6 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Artigos Originais

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