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Голландский
институт в Санкт-Петербурге
приглашает на Голландскую среду 1 апреля в 19:00
Dutch Wednesday on 1 April, 19:00

Water. A geophilosophical history

Prof. dr. René ten Bos
(Radboud University Nijmegen )



A long time ago, Greek-European philosophy started with the idea that water
was the over-arching principle of reality. This idea, which is generally
attributed to Thales of Miletus, gave place for a
theory that different elements (such as fire or air) might have a function
of this arch-principle. Then, for Plato, it could only be reason (logos)
that should guide us through the universe. With him, philosophy distances
itself from water as a philosophical
concept.
The intellectual and political consequences of this philosophical shift have
been enormous. The sea was described as danger and hell, as 'the place of no
return', according the Greek philosophers. This
indifference and hatred of water and, more specifically, the sea is part
and parcel of the history of Western philosophy. René ten Bos will discuss
this thalassophobia at length and will also provide an explanation for the
rather paradoxical fact that mankind
in spite of this phobia and hatred actually did venture to sail the seven
seas.
René ten Bos is a professor of philosophy at Radboud University, The
Netherlands and honorary philosopher at The University
of St. Andrews, United Kingdom. Ten Bos is the author of numerous articles
and books, covering a broad area of subjects (ranging from man-animal
relations and organizational ethics or bureaucracy theory and ecosophy). His
latest book 'Water. A geophilosophical
history' (2014) was nominated for the Socrates Award, a prize for the best
philosophical publication of the year in the Netherlands.
Lectures are in English, room for discussion
Time and location: 19.00 , Netherlands Institute
in Saint Petersburg, Kaluzhsky pereulok 3
You can register here or call (812) 327 0887
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Голландский институт в Санкт-Петербурге
T +7 (812) 327 0887
sashchenko @ nispb . ru
www . nispb . ru




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