Deus enquanto conexão entre religião e filosofia em Friedrich D. E. Schleiermacher

Abstract

The following dissertation puts into relief the fundamental tenets of Friedrich D.E. Schleiermacher's (1768-1834) religious conception and philosophical principles. In the end, it endorses the idea of God as the ground of both the religious and philosophical construction of Schleiermacher's thought. In a first step, the attempt is made to reconstruct the origins of Schleiermacherian thought through its formation in a dialogue with some of his main interlocutors. Secondly, the Berlin philosopher's definition of the essence of religion is presented by means of the conceptual triad "universe/intuition/feeling". Thirdly, his ethico-philosophical conception is shown to unveil yet another triad, namely "self intuition/individuality/humanity". However, both will indicate the need of a ground to connect them not only as concepts (thinking), but also as effective structures of exis-tence (being). Thus it is precisely in the connection between being and thinking that Sch-leiermacher implicitly - to say the least - envisions God's presence