Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

fondamento

English translation:

foundation

Added to glossary by carly kelly
Feb 18, 2016 22:06
8 yrs ago
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Italian term

fondamento

Italian to English Other Philosophy pietro piovani
A short essay about Italian philosopher Pietro Piovani, which I'm struggling with. Anyone familiar with him or his work might be able to help me with "fondamento" here...
basis? foundation?

"L’opzione di base del pensiero di Piovani è che, dato il carattere finito dell’individuo, in quanto volente che non si è voluto, l’uomo non ha più bisogno di nessun *fondamento*. In modo particolare l’individuo contemporaneo è più che mai infondato, dovendo continuamente fondarsi e dovendo relazionarsi con una realtà che è in continua trasformazione.Piovani tocca i vertici della sua critica del *fondamento* affermando che, costretto a rendere stabile la propria instabilità, l’uomo deve fondare la sua esistenza su una assenza."

TIA
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 foundation
4 grounds

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foundation

Not basis.
I am not a specialist of Piovani, but I have a thirty years love story with Philosophy.
You might need to put it in quotation marks to highlight its relevance.
Or even leave it in Italian and translate it in parentheses.
That's what is normally done with German philosophy's most important words (as...Grund !!!)

Peer comment(s):

agree Lisa Jane : me too! You could leave it in Italian with a translation beside it as many philosophers are particular about their terminology being translated-see my suggestion below for some alternatives
15 hrs
Grazie mille ! Thank you very much ! I have been a student of the late A. Caracciolo, the great translator of Heidegger's Von Einem Gespraech von der Sprache.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks so much for your help"
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grounds

I agree with Stefano for the opening phrase but fear that foundation is less suitable for the phrases that follow and so would choose grounds-

Man no longer needs any grounds
...he is more groundless than ever...
...having to ground himself continuously...
...man has no choice but to ground his own existence on an absence...
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