An Essay on the Concept of Unsayability

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It is often said that philosophical discourse may become very obscure and inaccessible while pretending at the same time to search for conceptual clarity. In many occasions however, such a pretence for elite obscurity should be counterbalanced by the too many examples showing that great philosophers themselves were bewildered by their difficulties in expressing through words the singularities of their unique fits of thinking. Sometimes, the difficulty in finding words is perceived as the object and work of philosophy, human thought being able to carve within the language substrate new words or so-called philosophical concepts to epitomize the surge of meaning which the philosopher is confronted with. In such an attitude, the absence of words, or their too proximate connection with everyday language, can be seen as a positive obstacle testifying to the philosophical work in progress. However, the impossibility to come to agreement on wording and meaning often results in very strange formula if not ridicule, stirring controversial debate on possible interpretations, or plausible ones, often thwarted by more logical stances, which can be hardly defended by their authors themselves. Part I peruse the relationship between the Greek logos and its later interpretations as reason and language. Part II the critique of logocentrism is brought to a higher level of positive consequences as the autonomies of thought and language may even lead to their definitive separateness having proficient epistemic values. Part III, such an interval leaving space for the power of interpretation is brought to paroxysmal considerations as unsayability now clarifies the human nature both in ethical and epistemic aspects.

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Arab Kennouche

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