il volente non volutosi

English translation: The non self-willed willing

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Italian term or phrase:il volente non volutosi
English translation:The non self-willed willing
Entered by: Lisa Jane

22:32 Feb 18, 2016
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Philosophy / pietro piovani
Italian term or phrase: il volente non volutosi
Having fun with a short essay on Pietro Piovani. Anyone familiar with this notion?

"Piovani, attraverso la formulazione del “volente non volutosi”, sradica i presupposti del pensiero moderno e coglie nell’esperienza del limite e della finitezza il cominciamento dell’esistente."

thanks in advance
carly kelly
Italy
Local time: 09:53
The non self-willed willing
Explanation:
in other words
the willing who was not self-willed

To paraphrase Piovani, he who is the only being characterized by will did not in fact will his own existence-he did not will, wish or ask to come into being-the will which brought him into this world was not his own.

So it depends on your tone...you could say

he the willing who did not will himself

The willing self who willed not himself

The unwilled willing
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Lisa Jane
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Local time: 09:53
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4The non self-willed willing
Lisa Jane
3the willy-nilly human being / The willing-unwilling human being
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1The self-unwanted wanting self
Andrea Furlan (X)


  

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The self-unwanted wanting self


Explanation:
Mi sembra di capire che il senso sia l'individuo soggettivo limitato dall'oggettività...
La mia traduzione e' solo un'interpretazione molto libera.. spero possa aiutare!



    https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=qkt-QDt7AfgC&pg=PA446&lpg=PA446&dq=volente+non+volutosi&source=bl&ots=Xe9WFDGqxT&sig=5XsrvSlfHzd3EsU03Le
Andrea Furlan (X)
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the willy-nilly human being / The willing-unwilling human being


Explanation:
oppure si scioglie

'il volente che non si è voluto' ovvero 'accetta la sua natura di vivente limitato'

Lat. nolens volens, En. willing or unwilling

the volans by mather nature nolans


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The non self-willed willing


Explanation:
in other words
the willing who was not self-willed

To paraphrase Piovani, he who is the only being characterized by will did not in fact will his own existence-he did not will, wish or ask to come into being-the will which brought him into this world was not his own.

So it depends on your tone...you could say

he the willing who did not will himself

The willing self who willed not himself

The unwilled willing

Lisa Jane
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