Open AccessCorazón de la oscuridad
Author(s) -
María Rosa Palazón Mayoral
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
interpretatio. revista de hermenéutica/interpretatio. revista de hermenéutica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2683-1406
pISSN - 2448-864X
DOI - 10.19130/iifl.it.2021.6.1.24871
Subject(s) - polysemy , saint , symbol (formal) , faith , philosophy , economic justice , character (mathematics) , literature , sociology , history , art , theology , linguistics , art history , law , political science , mathematics , geometry
“Corazón de la oscuridad” [Heart of Darkness] takes up a title by Joseph Conrad; here darkness equals evil. It admits the polysemy of the word evil, which bounces back on its opposite good. In ancient philosophy, God was the Highest good, Christian religion left an imprint of this faith even in individuals who do not consider themselves religious. Even if we are not aware of it, many of the imprints that we carry inside ourselves (in the other self) move the affects. We must discover the manifested motive; then we discover the twinning character of the sacred, explicit in the patron saint festivities. Ancient rituals, however terrible we may judge them, lead to sociability as a symbol, and can become a manifestation of good and justice.