Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental
Volume 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 881-890

Transitoriness or exile from certainty [Transitoriedade ou o desterro da certeza] (Article) (Open Access)

da Silva P.J.C.
  • a Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC-SP, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, Faculdade de Psicologia da PUC-SP, Rua Monte Alegre, 984, 05015-901 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Abstract

The theme of transitoriness was commonplace in medicine of the soul of early modernity. This article examines some of these sources to show how the pain of time and similar ailments of the soul were related to a way of dealing with the fleetingness of time and the fragility of life. The author underlines constructions of the human condition as exile from certainty. © 2009 Associação Universitária de Pesquisa em Psicopatologia Fundamental/ University Association for Research in Fundamental Psychopathology.

Author Keywords

Ailments of the soul Exile from certainty Transience Pain of time

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DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47142012000400010
ISSN: 14154714
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English; Portuguese