November 8th to 11th, 2004

Jobst D. H. Niemeyer
PUC - SP - Brazil

ON THE ORGANIC RELATION BETWEEN FINITE AND INFINITE

ABSTRACT
In "Bruno" (Schelling) there is the passage of the unity of Beauty and Truth, sensed as one and the same idea, that of the Eternal- in this idea as of the works (Art) that approach it, Truth and Beauty are One - the unity of thinking and of sensing, which is the unity of the Ideal fundamental and of the Real fundamental correlative to the unity of the opposition and of the unity of the Finite and of the Infinite in the Absolute.
In the formula revealing the unity of the Finite and the Infinite in the Absolute - "... in relation to absolute unity, which in conceiving the finite, also conceives the infinite, not unified, but unseparated..." (Bruno) - there stands out the infinite and timeless subsistence of the Finite Infinite (Infinite that is infinitely and eternally finite), that is never dissolved in the infinite, but that requires, for its perfection, inseparability from the infinite.
The relation between the Finite and the Infinite - not unified, but unseparated - in the Absolute is a relation of harmony, this being understood in its original meaning of connection of diverse elements.
The harmonious relation of the Finite with the Infinite in the bosom of the Absolute allows the recognition of an organicity that is the fundamental of Universal Organicity.
There is in Universal Organicity something which permits its approximation to Art, this being an expression of the Absolute.

KEYWORDS: Bruno (Schelling); Finite-Infinite Unity in the Absolute; Non Unification and Inseparability; Harmonious Relation; Universal Organicity and Expression of the Absolute.

Center for Pragmatism Studies
Philosophy Graduate Program
Departament of Philosophy
Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - Brazil