Le forme dello spirito nell'ontologia critica di Nicolai Hartmann : per una lettura critico-­genetica de Il problema dell'essere spirituale

The Author critically discusses the theoretical assumptions underlying Nicolai Hartmann's 1933 The Problem of Spiritual Being. The Author deals with the main categorial problems involved in the Hartmannian discussion about the spiritual being, also looking at his previous production. In particular, the Author analyzes the position of the ontic level of spiritual being with respect to the previous three real ontic levels (inorganic, organic, psychological) and the mutual relationship between the three fundamental forms of spiritual being identified by Hartmann (personal, objective, objectified). The Author believes that the 1933 volume has been poorly considered in its direct links with the overall project of critical ontology. [Publisher's text].