In "Moses the Egyptian"―the centerpiece of Rigorism of Truth, the German philosopher Hans Blumenberg addresses two defining figures in the intellectual history of the twentieth century: Sigmund Freud and Hannah Arendt. Unpublished during his lifetime, this essay analyzes Freud’s Moses and Monotheism (1939) and Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), and discovers in both a principled rigidity that turns into recklessness because it is blind to the politics of the unknown.
Offering striking insights into the importance of myth in politics and the extent to which truth can be tolerated in adversity, the essay also provides one of the few instances where Blumenberg reveals his thinking about Judaism and Zionism. Rigorism of Truth also includes commentaries by Ahlrich Meyer that give a fuller understanding of the philosopher’s engagement with Freud, Arendt, and the Eichmann trial, as well as situating these reflections in the broader context of Blumenberg’s life and thought. 在《埃及人摩西》这本书中,德国哲学家汉斯 · 布鲁门伯格,讲述了二十世纪思想史上的两个典型人物: 西格蒙德 · 弗洛伊德和汉娜 · 阿伦特。这篇文章分析了弗洛伊德的《摩西》和《一神论》(1939)以及阿伦特的《艾希曼在耶路撒冷》(1963) ,发现了一种原则性的刻板,由于对未知的政治视而不见,变成了鲁莽。这篇文章对神话在政治中的重要性以及在逆境中真理可以被容忍的程度提供了惊人的洞见,同时也提供了布鲁门伯格揭示他对犹太教和犹太复国主义思考的少数例子之一。“严谨的真理”还包括 ahlrich meyer 的评论,这些评论让我们更全面地理解了哲学家与弗洛伊德,阿伦特,以及艾希曼审判的关系,同时也把这些反思放在布铭邦的生活和思想的更广阔的背景下。