Unfathomable
Unfathomable ( mhd . "Unfathomable, contrary to that gained through regression fathomable") is an expression that was first used in the mystical literature of the Middle Ages and served to reproduce different Greek and Latin terms and theological topoi .
religion
In Rom 11:33, Paul (in Martin Luther's translation ) praised the “miraculous ways of God” ( Rom 11:33 EU ) and spoke hymnically of the “depth of riches” and the “wisdom and knowledge of God”: How “incomprehensible. ..and inexplicable “are his ways.
In the Vulgate expressions such as "incomprehensibilia" (Luther: "incomprehensible") and "investigabiles" were used; (“Inscrutable”) is used. This, as well as the term "inscrutabilis", which occurs in old Latin translations of the Bible , was followed in patristics by statements about the unsearchability of the courts, the advice, the wisdom , grace and depth of God .
According to Gregory of Nyssa , the apostle wanted to show that human thoughts are inaccessible to the knowledge of the divine being.
In the Middle Ages, the passage in Romans was understood to be limited: the completion of divine intentions could not be recognized as long as their execution was still in progress.
History of philosophy
Immanuel Kant spoke of the unfathomable in an ethical context. He was constantly faced with the question of whether the mainspring to obey the categorical imperative was the conception of the law itself, or whether it came from other sensual impulses. Since for him the “depths of the human heart” were unfathomable, this cannot be answered clearly. There could well be motives in play that are geared towards one's own advantage.
The inconsistent current of the philosophy of life , which was established at the end of the 19th century and represented and formulated in two directions by Henri Bergson and Wilhelm Dilthey , gave the term a new meaning.
The essence of life was not determined here in terms of an opposing transcendent , but rather as the immanent movement of life itself, pushing itself beyond itself. This movement was expressed in the symbol of the flame or the river, in the Übermenschen in Friedrich Nietzsche or in the "Self- Crossing ”with Rainer Maria Rilke . The often emphasized “unfathomable” of life gained a special meaning: life cannot only be captured negatively by the “rough mesh of the mind” and remains incomprehensible. In a positive way, it is a creative principle that expands itself and exceeds any given inventory.
Individual evidence
- ↑ As documented in the German dictionary by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
- ↑ a b Historical Dictionary of Philosophy , Unfathomable , Vol. 11, p. 147.
- ↑ Historical Dictionary of Philosophy, Unfathomable , Vol. 11, pp. 147–148.
- ↑ Immanuel Kant: The Metaphysics of Morals , Part Two, Metaphysical Beginnings of the Doctrine of Virtues, From Duty to Yourself, § 22, Edition Volume. 8, p. 583.
- ↑ Religion in the past and present , Philosophy of Life , Volume 4, p. 255.