Beyond the Negative: Appropriation and Surpassing of Negative Theology in Vladimir Jankélévitch's Philosophie Première.
In this article, we propose to question the accuracy of Jean Wahl's definition of Vladimir Jankélévitch's Philosophie Première (1953) as one of the "ultimate efflorescences of negative theology." In fact, we maintain that—although conceiving the apophatic discourse as a necessary (but insufficient)...
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