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Abstract
Simmel discovers the essential in the unessential, and sets the centre of our affairs on the periphery of normal life. Temporary gratification, an ubi consistam, can in fact only be obtained in the ulteriority to which we are referred and in which we temporarily linger in marginal experiences, in the eccentric, in the as yet not saturated possibilities that come to meet us, as a gift, or as the result of an activity not entirely our own – the adventure, dreams, artworks. Simmel’s fundamental question is how not to remain below one’s own unexpressed possibilities. Through social or individual levers, men should be put in the position to exploit the richness of their own subjectivity and the objectivity of the modern world, to force an opening into the possible, while at the same time reducing the inevitable exposure to disappointment.
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Biographical note
Remo Bodei died aged 81 on 7 November 2019 in Pisa. Remo Bodei was one of Italy’s major philosophical figures. He started his career as professor at Scuola Normale Superiore in 1969 and from 1971 taught History of Philosophy and Aesthetics at the University of Pisa. He was visiting professor at many international universities such as Cambridge, Ottawa, New York, Toronto, Girona, and Mexico City. In 2006 he became professor of philosophy at UCLA (Los Angeles), with which he had a close relationship for over 20 years.
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