Background
Paci, Enzo was born on December 19, 1911 in Ancona.
Existentialist critical Marxist phenomen- °logist
Paci, Enzo was born on December 19, 1911 in Ancona.
University of Milan.
1951-1957, Professor of Philosophy. University of Pavia; 1958-1976. Professor of Philosophy, University of Milan.
Paci’s seminal work. Tempo erelazione (1954), sets lorth a version of process philosophy which has some affinities with Whitehead. The universe insists, he argues, not of bounded objects in sPace, but of processes or events, of which objects are but the historical and temporary products. It is events, not objects, that are metaphysically primitive. Events are related to one another in a continual interweaving dialectic, which is governed and informed by a dynamic tendency to realize the values of truth, goodness and beauty. It is the relations among events which establish their identity, and this is true also of persons, who are focal points in particular networks of developing and changing processes. The ‘stuff’ of the universe is relation rather than substance; and time rather than space is the dimension which the universe inhabits. Paris reputation in Italy was very high during his lifetime, but has declined since then. Sources: Dizionario dei Filosof dei Novecento: Enciclopedia Filosofea.