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2、HansUrsvonBalthasarTranslatedbyKellyHamiltonWhenamanhaspublishedmanylargebooks,peoplewillaskthemselves:What,fundamentally,didhewanttosay?Ifheisaprolificnovelist-forexampleDickensorDostoevsky-onewouldchooseoneoranotherofhisworkswithoutworryingoneselftoomuchaboutallofthemasaw
3、hole.Butforaphilosopherortheologianitistotallydifferent.Onewishestotouchtheheartofhisthought,becauseonepresupposesthatsuchaheartmustexist.Thequestionhasoftenbeenaskedofmebythosedisconcertedbythelargenumberofmybooks:Wheremustonestartinordertounderstandyou?Iamgoingtoattempttocondensemymanyfragm
4、ents"inanutshell",astheEnglishsay,asfarasthatcanbedonewithouttoomanybetrayals.Thedangerofsuchacompressionconsistsinbeingtooabstract.Itisnecessarytoamplifywhatfollowswithmybiographicalworksontheonehand(ontheFathersoftheChurch,onKarlBarth,Buber,Bernanos,Guardini,ReinholdSchneider,andalltheautho
5、rstreatedinthetrilogy),withtheworksonspiritualityontheotherhand(suchasthoseoncontemplativeprayer,onChrist,MaryandtheChurch),andfinally,withthenumeroustranslationsoftheFathersoftheChurch,ofthetheologiansoftheMiddleAges,andofmoderntimes.Buthereitisnecessarytolimitourselvestopresentingaschemaoft
6、hetrilogy:Aesthetic,Dramatic,andLogic.[1]Westartwithareflectiononthesituationofman.Heexistsasalimitedbeinginalimitedworld,buthisreasonisopentotheunlimited,toallofbeing.Theproofconsistsintherecognitionofhisfinitude,ofhiscontingence:Iam,butIcouldnot-be.Manythingswhichdonotexistcouldexist.Essenc
7、esarelimited,butbeing(l'être)isnot.Thatdivision,the"realdistinction"ofSt.Thomas,isthesourceofallthereligiousandphilosophicalthoughtofhumanity.Itisnotnecessarytorecallthatallhumanphilosophy(ifweabstractthebiblicaldomainanditsinfluence)isessentiallyreligiousandtheologicalatonce,becauseitposesth
8、eproblemoftheAbsoluteBeing,whetheroneattributestoitapersonalcharacterornot.Whatarethemajorsolutionstothisenigmaattemptedbyhumanity?Onecantrytoleavebehindthedivisionbetweenbeing(Être)andessence,betweentheinfiniteandthefinite;onewillthensaythat
