The Good Life and the Body
Elisabeth on Descartes' Three Rules of Living
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Descartes, Elisabeth af Böhmen, etik, kroppen, det gode livResumé
Brevkorrespondancen mellem Elisabeth og Descartes er velkendt for sin diskussion af ’sind-krop problemet’. Dog angår en betydelig del af korrespondancen spørgsmålet om, hvordan man bør leve, og hvad der kendetegner det gode liv. Descartes’ neo-stoiske (eller rationalistiske) synspunkt reflekteres tydeligt i de tre livsregler, han anbefaler Elisabeth at følge,især når hun står over for svære omstændigheder. Denne artikel viser, hvordan Elisabeths skepsis er funderet i en idé om kroppens etiske signifikans, hvor kroppen og visse kropslige tilstande er nødvendige for at leve godt. Udover at denne idé er af almen filosofisk interesse, så bidrager den også til den gamle filosofiske diskussion om, hvordan det gode liv opnås i praksis—i særdeleshed hvorvidt korrekt anvendelse af ens egen fornuft er tilstrækkeligt for at opnå et sådant, eller om eksterne faktorer (såsom kroppen eller ens politiske position) må inddrages. Nærværende artikel slutter med at foreslå, at Elisabeths bidrag kan anses som selvstændig filosofi, og at hun i sammenhæng hermed bør have status af filosof.
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