The Phenomenon of the Will that Wants: A Gate to Transcendence in Maurice Blondel

Authors

  • Carlos Andrés Gómez Rodas Author Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Keywords:

Will that wants, immanence, transcendence, action, metaphysics, phenomenon, faith, reason.

Abstract

Facing a philosophical context, the philosopher Maurice Blondel (1861-1949) knew how to explore the depth of human action, beginning with the phenomenon of the will that wants (Volonté voulante) that never finds full satisfaction in the world of phenomenon. This "method of immanence" as some people have named it, begins in the existential concerns of the human being, in the question about his destiny and his sense, but discovers in that trail, the need of a supernatural hypothetical donation because human reason is incapable of giving an answer to the desires of the will, that seems to claim for infinity.

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Author Biography

Carlos Andrés Gómez Rodas, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras y candidato a Doctor en Filosofía de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (sede Medellín). Docente de Filosofía del Derecho en la Escuela de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas de la misma Universidad. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación DIKÉ sobre Estudios Sociales.

Correo electrónico: cgomezrodas@gmail.com

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Published

2015-05-19

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Research Articles

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