The Theo-Anthropological Pesimism of Scotus and Ockham and the Primitive Origins of the Kulturkrisis

Abstract

Metaphysically speaking, the origin of the Western Culture crisis roots in the philosophical project of Duns Scotus and William of Ockham. This Project emerges as a fearful reaction to the Aristotelian paganism trying to protect Christian revelation. It means a Theo-anthropological pessimism from which the late medieval thinkers leave behind the understanding of man as a ‘capax Dei’ being. This historical situation dragged on time leaded to an existential despair. Being aware of this allows us to understand the modern Project as a inner phenomenon and the so called kulturkrisis as an anthropological crisis of collective dimensions.