O nouă viziune asupra filosofiei lui Dimitrie Cantemir: Ovidiu Peccan. Hieroglife cantemiriene [Articol]

Abstract

In Cantemirian Hieroglyphs. Historical-Hermeneutic Explorations, Ovidiu Pecican offers a reassessment of Dimitrie Cantemir’s The Hieroglyphic History, defining it „as a work of philosophy”. The author begins his analysis with the Scala, which reveals numerous abstract notions, with a particular emphasis on philosophical concepts. Various hypotheses are presented regarding Cantemir’s sources of inspiration in composing the Scala and his use of animal fable. O. Pecican also highlights Cantemir’s poetic talent. A considerable section is dedicated to the Egyptological metaphor and its cultural horizon in The Hieroglyphic History. The protagonists’ speeches in the novel are described as „true logical discursive demonstrations1”. The novel contains definitions of dialectics, syllogism, and more. Through his novel, the Romanian scholar aimed „to rework the spoken language, adding depths of previously unseen complexity”.