The solipsism of Ladislav Klíma

• Authors: Richard Zika
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ladislav Klíma introduces the idea of solipsism – “theoretical egoism” – already in his debut work The World as Consciousness and Nothing and already here he connects it to the idea of the divinity of the singular, i.e. “my” own subject. Here, he, however, sets it forth as a mere “tempting notion” and proclaims it officially only several years later, after an involuntary termination of his practising of ecstatic states that lasted an entire year, during which he effectively experienced his own solitary divinity. What is extraordinary is not only the ingenious discourse (panrealisation, ludibrionism, oneirism) through which Klíma explicates his own paradoxical situation, but mainly the existence of a convinced solipsist in society – a living and productive dialogue caused by a rejection of intersubjectivity as such.

Keywords

EN

Solipsism; egodeism; panrealisation; ludibrionism; dialogue

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 69
• Issue: Special_Issue_1
• Pages: 129-139
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Richard Zika

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic