Pietro Caiano

The main objective of this research is to bring together some philosophers (theoretical worlds): Martin Heidegger, Emanuele Severino, Gilles Deleuze, and Giorgio Agamben. The authors examined in this study share the idea that, beyond any form of abstract, isolating, and representational thought, there exists an original space of relation and indistinction—a space that serves as the matrix of all meaning. The forms of metaphysical thought distance us from this theoretical dimension, but through an original ontology—defined by reading Heidegger and Severino—we may once again reach the profound essence of all intellectual effort. This approach brings these two authors closer to poststructuralist thought and reveals a deep connection among them, through the critiques that all four philosophers direct toward metaphysics.

This article aims to highlight the importance of the notion of original synthesis in Severino’s thought, with a particular focus on two texts: Ritornare a Parmenide (1964) and the related Poscritto (1965), whose 6oth anniversary falls this year. Some of the main themes developed by Severino in the two texts mentioned above will be considered, to show how this fundamental notion is repeat edly referred to in them, to such an extent that it can be seen as the cornerstone of Severino’s entire ontological proposal. The contrast between ontology and metaphysics therefore plays out precisely on the recognition of the value of synthesis: on the one hand, the thought of the truth of being recognizes an essential element in the original synthesis; on the other hand, the alienated and isolating thought of metaphysics does not recognize that value and therefore surrenders itself to alienation from the profound meaning of the truth of being

The following paper aims to outline the relations between ontology and technique in Gianni Vattimo and Emanuele Severino, to indicate the contribution that these two thinkers leave to future philosophy. Vattimo and Severino, two protagonists of contemporary Italian philosophy, offer two totally different ontological accounts. On the one hand, an ontology characterized by the ‘historical nature’ of being and the critique of the traditional notion of truth; on the other, the exposition of the ‘original structure’, whose foundation is the eternity of being as such and which implies the radical critique of the western civilization, which results alienated. The ontological accounts of both philosophers are closely linked to their philosophy of technique and their reflection on the role of politics in technique civilization. Such research can offer important inspiration for thought to understand our world and its future.

_Isolating Thought, Nihilism and Destiny: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on the Essence of Mathematics in Emanuele Severino’s Philosophy_ This article seeks to investigate the relationship between mathematics and philosophy within the framework of the thought of Italian philosopher Emanuele Severino. The study is articulated in three parts. The first part aims to reconstruct the historical-conceptual trajectory of contemporary science and mathematics in light of what Severino designates as the «sunset of the epistéme». The second part focuses on a paradigmatic case: Giacomo Leopardi, in whose poetic and philosophical production the themes of mathematics, analysis, nothingness, and the impossibility of all forms of power converge. The third and final section endeavours to establish a connection between certain mathematical notions and the «language that bears witness to the destiny of truth». The contribution pursues a twofold objective: on the one hand, to demonstrate that the relationship between philosophy and mathematics may be elucidated through the notion of separation from truth—both from a historical-conceptual standpoint (as developed in the first and second sections) and from a theoretical perspective (addressed in the third); on the other hand, to underscore the enduring relevance and theoretical significance of Severino’s philosophical project within the context of contemporary thought.

The present analysis investigates the presence and importance of tragedy and nihilism in the thought of the Italian philosopher Emanuele Severino (1929-2020). In the first part of the article Severino’s perspective on nihilism is described. This is presented as the essence of the West and consists in the radical alienation of the truth of being. The second part analyses the role played by tragedy (namely Aeschylus’ Orestia, which is here mentioned from Severino’s translation), recognizing the link between the theatre (θέατρον) and the contemplation of truth (θεωρία). The third and last part makes visible the connection described by Severino between the tragic thought of Aeschylus, the poetry of Giacomo Leopardi and the question of technique. The aim of the article is also to show the importance of a perspective that, through the philosophy, can look at human knowledge as a concrete whole, rather than an abstract juxtaposition of abstractly separate disciplines.