"Every individual believes and doubts; they are a tangle of faith and doubt. But the truth is not only not what individuals think of the world, it is a doubt infinitely more radical than those of which they are capable, because it questions all of man's convictions – and yet its content remains unchanged. And again: since truth is the negation of error, without error there would be no truth. Error is irreplaceable; it has the greatness, power and even beauty of the irreplaceable. And it takes the great geniuses of the West to bring it to light. “Our” civilisation has brought error to light. The “madness” of the West is therefore precious, and it is impossible to propose to “annihilate” error and act to annihilate it. Error is also eternal. It is therefore a question of understanding – beyond all our cultural habits – what it means to “go beyond error” [...]. (chap. XXX, p. 295)"
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Emanuele Severino
Emanuele Severino (26 February 1929 – 17 January 2020) was an Italian philosopher, a disciple of Gustavo Bontadini.
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