Eu e ser [Sein]. A imagem de Deus e o mundo construído

Abstract

In this paper, the author discusses Fichte’s concept of being and its redefinition within a theory of the image or, in other words: within a metaphysics that does not depart from being as principle. In this discussion, the author shows the effects of Fichte’s transformation of ontology, which can be considered as an example of the changing in the conception of being after Kant, in the different domains of human life. The author argues that Fichte’s theory of image does not explore the identity between being and God but the identity between the I or the Self and God and that, consequently, being obtains only a secondary role. Since, as the author affirms, Self and being are transmitted by the forming image [bildende Bild] and this transmission [Vermittlung] must be conceived in terms of self-transmission (Selbstvermittlung) that proves itself as self-determination. Rather than the authenticity of being, Fichte recognizes only the transmission of the finite self with itself -a process of actual formation with the aim of reconciling the human being with the world (s)he has created.