Pen, Paper and Kant / Stift, Blatt und Kant
Philosophy of Graphism
With numerous images
A line on a piece of paper – that is graphism in its simplest form. Analogous to the stem cells of biological research it can turn into many things: sign and sketch, text and image. In his richly illustrated study Manfred Sommer explores this graphic potential also in connection to Immanuel Kant: Might the spontaneous drawing of a line on the receptive paper, carried out with meaning and reason, even be constitutive for our existence in the world?
A line on a piece of paper – that is graphism in its simplest form. Analogous to the stem cells of biological research it can turn into many things: sign and sketch, text and image. In his richly illustrated study Manfred Sommer explores this graphic potential also in connection to Immanuel Kant: Might the spontaneous drawing of a line on the receptive paper, carried out with meaning and reason, even be constitutive for our existence in the world?
2020, 386 pages
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Manfred Sommer
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Manfred Sommer, born in 1945, was professor of Philosophy at the Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, until his retirement in 2010. In addition to his own publications, he is also the editor of numerous posthumous works by Hans Blumenberg.
Manfred Sommer
Author
Manfred Sommer, born in 1945, was professor of Philosophy at the Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, until his retirement in 2010. In addition to...
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