Effacements of Form

doi:10.3868/s030-002-013-0050-0

Front Phil Chin

2013, Vol. 8

Issue (4) : 641-654 https://doi.org/10.3868/s030-002-013-0050-0

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Effacements of Form

John Sallis(

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Department of Philosophy, Boston College, MA 02467, USA Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study, Universit?t Freiburg, Fahnenbergplatz, 79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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Abstract

The theme of this essay is expressed in a line from the Dao De Jing: “The great image has no form.” The essay shows how this effacement, annulment, or withdrawal of form is realized in ancient Chinese painting (Song and Ming Dynasties) and in the conception of the natural elements to which much of this painting is related. Certain resonances with this effacement of form are identified in the way that recent Continental thought focuses on an effacement of form as it was determined in ancient Greek philosophy.

Keywords form Guo Xi horizon image landscape painting mountain Socrates

Corresponding Author(s): John Sallis,Email:sallis@bc.edu

Issue Date: 05 December 2013

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John Sallis. Effacements of Form[J]. Front Phil Chin, 2013, 8(4): 641-654.

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