The lesson of Alexandru Dragomir

Horia-Roman Patapievici

Translated by Paul Balogh

pp. 73-77

in: Paul Balogh, Cristian Ciocan (eds), The ocean of forgetting, Studia Phaenomenologica 4, 2004.

Abstract

The paper aims to clarify several key aspects of Alexandru Dragomir: his amazing “technique” of keeping his entire knowledge in perfect working condition, his exceptional precision of references and his continuous disregard concerning writing. The root of all these peculiarities is traced back to Plato’s cognitive and moral arguments against writing, as expressed in Phaedrus and Seventh Letter. Finally, the article brings to light what seems to be the lesson of Dragomir’s life as a thinker: to rely only on the living thought, that which is written “inside the soul”.

Cited authors

Dragomir Alexandru