Il «periodo assiale» e l’invenzione di un futuro condiviso
In spite of the criticism it has been subjected to, the notion of the “axial age” has the merit of highlighting a series of intellectual leaps that took place between 800 and 200 BC in India, Israel, China and Greece. During this period, these countries forged new ways of approaching the world, and...
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| Language: | Italian |
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2021
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La civiltà cattolica
Year: 2021, Volume: 172, Issue: 4110, Pages: 460-470 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBL Near East and North Africa KBM Asia TB Antiquity TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Summary: | In spite of the criticism it has been subjected to, the notion of the “axial age” has the merit of highlighting a series of intellectual leaps that took place between 800 and 200 BC in India, Israel, China and Greece. During this period, these countries forged new ways of approaching the world, and these leaps were embodied in personalities who had the common trait of being “defeatist” aspiring to the ideal they saw. The canonisation of the texts thus produced closely followed the conclusion of this period. Even today, their reading constantly re-proposes their innovation. Situated at the end of the “axial age,” Jesus also gives its full meaning to the encounter between the wisdom and the classics that took shape in the different regions of the Planet. A consideration of this historical sequence leads us to reflect on the question: “What does it mean ‘to be human’ today?”. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-8167 |
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