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Continuing on the value of givenness, Dennis Vanden Auweele argues that a modern project for absolutized autonomy cannot do but dread silence, which signals a hiccup or momentary lapse in the project of logos. And yet, Vanden Auweele shows that silence can be a convalescence that renders human beings receptive to something in excess of finite determination, which can in turn inspire self-determination to new heights.
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In earlier work, I have taken up a similar topic where, at that point, I argued that metaxological porosity to divinity and a Nietzschean existentialist rejection of God are equally justified responses to the issue of religion and ethics (Vanden Auweele 2013, pp. 637–655). I consider the present account of the matter to be the more refined and nuanced.
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Vanden Auweele, D. (2018). Silence, Excess, and Autonomy. In: Vanden Auweele, D. (eds) William Desmond’s Philosophy between Metaphysics, Religion, Ethics, and Aesthetics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98992-1_11
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