FROM THE ANCIENT RATIONALITY TO THE CONTEMPORARY AGREEABLENESS

FROM THE ANCIENT RATIONALITY TO THE CONTEMPORARY AGREEABLENESS

DE LA RATIONALITÉ ANTIQUE À L’AGRÉABLE CONTEMPORAIN

DE LA RAŢIONALITATEA ANTICĂ LA AGREABILUL CONTEMPORAN

Gabriela VASILESCU

Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti

gabrielavasilescu52@yahoo.com

Abstract

From ancient to modern, by adding the contemporary interest, finding a suitable shape in order to live harmoniously in the city has been and continues to be a dominant of the political philosophy. If in Neoplatonics and Stoics’ case we urge the rational life, the modern man is no longer considered only reason, the emotional life and freedoms representing benchmarks for understanding the human condition and the settlement takes place through the social pact. The analysis concludes with the utilitarianism, a current with reverberations in the present social context, it considers that the rightness of the actions means maximizing immediate pleasures.

Résumé

Des Antiques aux Modernes, en y ajoutant l’intérêt contemporain, trouver une forme adéquate de la vie harmonieuse dans la cité représente et continue de représenter une dominante de la philosophie politique. Si chez les néoplatoniciens et chez les stoïciens nous exhortons la vie rationnelle, chez les modernes l’homme n’est plus considéré seulement comme raison, la vie affective et la zone des libertés étant des points de référence pour la compréhension de la condition humaine et la réglementation se fait par le pacte social. L’analyse se termine par l’utilitarisme, un courant avec des réverbérations dans le contexte social actuel qui considère que la justesse des actions signifie la maximalisation des plaisirs immédiats.

Rezumat

De la antici la moderni, adăugând şi interesul contemporan, găsirea unei forme potrivite traiului armonios în cetate a reprezentat şi continuă să reprezinte o dominantă a filosofiei politice. Dacă la neoplatonicieni şi stoici avem un îndemn către viaţa raţională, la moderni omul nu mai este considerat doar raţiune; viaţa afectivă şi zona libertăţilor fiind repere pentru înţelegerea condiţiei umane iar reglementarea are loc prin pactul social. Analiza se încheie cu utilitarismul, curent cu reverberaţii în contextul social actual, care consideră că justeţea acţiunilor însemnă maximizarea plăcerilor imediate.

Key words: morality, rationality, social pact, pleasure

Mots-clés: moralité, rationalité, pacte social, plaisir

Cuvinte cheie: moralitate, raţionalitate, pact social, plăcere

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