naa a22 4500 510753264 CHVBK 20180411083112.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11841-013-0371-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11841-013-0371-3 Vanden Auweele Dennis Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierplein 2, 3000, Leuven, Belgium aut Metaxological ‘Yes' and Existential ‘No': William Desmond and Atheism [Elektronische Daten] [Dennis Vanden Auweele] This article explores and critically assesses the metaxological account of a philosophy of God professed by William Desmond. Postmodern reflection on the philosophy of God has a tendency to focus on the 'signs' of God and urges for a passive acceptance of these signs. Desmond argues, contrary to this tendency, for a mindful togetherness of philosophical activity and religious passivity. After exploring Desmond's thought on this topic, I move to assess his 'metaxological yes' to God as the agapeic origin from an existential point of view. Initially it seems that his 'yes' is somewhat strained as it burdens itself with an excessive task of having faith into something that is beyond determination. I illustrate this insight by referring to Friedrich Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' Nietzsche's existential 'No' toward transcendence is a consequence of a mindful confrontation with the excesses as play. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Religion nationallicence Desmond nationallicence Existentialism nationallicence Metaxology nationallicence Nietzsche nationallicence God nationallicence Sophia Springer Netherlands 52/4(2013-12-01), 637-655 0038-1527 52:4<637 2013 52 11841 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-013-0371-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-013-0371-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Vanden Auweele Dennis Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierplein 2, 3000, Leuven, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Sophia Springer Netherlands 52/4(2013-12-01), 637-655 0038-1527 52:4<637 2013 52 11841 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer