On this page you will find a selection of category tables of philosophies that Durkheim and his students deal with. The table on Durkheim is based on the article by Martin Zillinger and Erhard Schüttpelz, “The Bodily Efficacy of the Categories: Durkheim and Mauss’s Intervention into the History of Philosophy” (Durkheimian Studies 23, Berghahn, 2017).
greek
ousia
latin
substantia
question
What is something?
example
man, horse
greek
poson
latin
quantitas
question
How many/large is something?
example
two cubits long, three cubits long
greek
poion
latin
qualitas
question
Wie beschaffen ist etwas?
example
white, black, grammatical, hot
greek
pros ti
latin
relatio
question
Worauf bezieht sich etwas?
example
doppelt, halb, größer
greek
pou
latin
ubi
question
Where is something?
example
in a marketplace, in the Lyceum
greek
pote
latin
quando
question
When is something?
example
yesterday, today, tomorrow
greek
keisthai
latin
situs
question
In welcher Position ist etwas?
example
lying, sitting, standing
greek
echein
latin
habitus
question
Was/wer hat etwas?
example
wears shoes, carries tools, armed
greek
poiein
lateinisch
actio
question
What/who does something?
example
to lance, to cauterize
greek
paschein
lateinisch
passio
question
Was erleidet etwas?
example
to be lanced, to be cauterized
Unity
Plurality
Totality
Reality
Negation
Limitation
inherence and subsistence (substania et accidens)
causality and dependence (cause and effect)
community (reciprocity)
possibility – impossibility
existence – non-existence
necessity – contingency
Quality
Quantity
Maß
Reflexionsbestimmungen
Erscheinung
reality
subjectivity (judgment)
objectivity
idea
Thesis: distinction
Antithesis: identification
Synthesis: determination
Thesis: Unity
Antithesis: Plurality
Synthesis: Totality
Thesis: Point (limit)
Antithesis: Space (Intervall)
Synthesis: Ausdehnung (Intervall)
Thesis: Instant (limit)
Antithesis: Time (interval)
Synthesis: Duration
Thesis: Difference
Antithesis: Class (genre)
Synthesis: Species
Thesis: Relation
Antithesis: Non-Relation
Synthesis: Change
Thesis: Act
Antithese: Power
Synthesis: Force
Thesis: State
Antithesis: Tendency (tendance)
Synthesis: Passion (passion)
Thesis: Self (soi)
Antithesis: Non-Self (non-soi)
Synthesis: Consciousness (conscience)
Thesis
Antithesis
Synthesis
Unity
Plurality
Totality
Originalität der Zeit
Begriff der Zeit
Maß der Zeit
Point
Distance
Line (droite)
Abode (séjour)
Displacement (déplacement)
Conveyance
Positive
Negative
Particular
Persistence
Change of nature
Transformation of Quality
Class
Difference
Species
Cause
Effect
Action
End
Means
System
Self (moi)
Non-self
Consciousness
Sacred/Profane
Time and Rhythm
Classification and Genre
Identity, Difference, Contradiction
Force (mana)
Causality and Effervescence
Collective Judgment
Totality
Scientific Knowledge