20.500.12556/RUL-178269 Nothingness at the Crossroads of Minor Canons A Dialogue between Wang Fuzhi and Charles de Bovelles Nič na stičišču drugotnih kanonov dialog med Wang Fuzhijem in Charlesom de Bovellesom It is a mainstream assumption that Asian thinkers, and Chinese in particular, have devoted much of their speculative energies to investigating emptiness and nothingness, whereas these philosophical concepts would have been neglected (if not abhorred) in Western thought. As Sorensen (2022, 77) says: “Having climbed to the precipice of being, the Chinese and Indians pan across the vista of nothingness. They see an open horizon of opportunity. The Greeks look down the cliff. They suffer vertigo”. In this article, we set ourselves the task of questioning this assumption by presenting two authors who represent opposing tendencies within their respective traditions. On the one hand, Wang Fuzhi 王夫之 (1619–1692), normally described as a “materialist” and a bitter opponent of the “emptiness” and “nothingness” of Buddhists and Daoists. On the other, Charles de Bovelles (1479–1566), author of the short treatise Liber de Nihilo, in which nothingness is posited as necessary to God for his existence and the unfolding of his power. Despite being in different traditions and with different visions of nothingness, we will see how their respective thoughts can meet and engage in dialogue in a productive manner. Prevladujoče prepričanje je, da so azijske mislice in misleci, med njimi še posebej kita-jski, veliko svojih spekulativnih prizadevanj namenjali raziskovanju praznine in niča, medtem ko naj bi bili v zahodni misli ti koncepti zapostavljeni (če ne kar z gnusom zavrn-jeni). Kakor pravi Sorensen (2022, 77): »Ko priplezajo do previsa biti, se pred Kitajci in Indijci razprostre razgled niča. Vidijo odprto obzorje priložnosti. Grki zrejo dol s pečine. Muči jih vrtoglavica.« V tem članku prevprašujemo to predpostavko s predstavitvijo dveh avtorjev, ki zastopata nasprotne težnje znotraj svojih tradicij. Na eni strani je Wang Fuzhi 王夫之 (1619–1692), ki ga po navadi opisujejo kot »materialista« ter zagrizenega nasprotnika »praznine« in »niča« budistov in daoistov. Na drugi je Charles de Bovelles (1479–1566), avtor kratke razprave Liber de nihilo, v kateri je nič postavljen kot nujnost za obstoj Boga in za razodevanje njegove moči. Kljub pripadnosti različnim tradicijam in različnim pogledom na nič bomo videli, kako se lahko njuna razmišljanja srečajo in stopijo v produktiven dialog. nothingness minor canons Wang Fuzhi Charles de Bovelles negative theology Neo-Confucianism nič drugotni kanoni Wang Fuzhi Charles de Bovelles negativna te-ologija neokonfucianizem true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-01-22 11:47:31 2026-01-22 11:47:33 2026-01-27 11:06:59 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 0 Str. 153-175 no. 2 Vol. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-05-09 2232-5131 2350-4226 https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2025.13.2.153-175 RAZ_Ambrogio_Selusi_0.pdf RAZ_Ambrogio_Selusi_0.pdf 1 512EFB0EC4476AF67138D558C21AD2A5 b0de6ac1a7caed3bb94b17626715a97ce62c6ecf64bb95d47f6e37f2318e3fcb 28703ba9-f780-11f0-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=225951 https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/20628 0 e3116f97-fb67-11f0-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=226232 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0