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English to Portuguese: Excerpt from Noam Chomsky's essay "Language and Freedom" General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Source text - English In searching for a point of departure. one turns naturally to a period in the history of Western thought when it was possible to believe that "the thought of making freedom the sum and substance of philosophy has emancipated the human spirit in all its relarionships, and ... has given to science in all its parts a more powerful reorientation than any earlier revolution." I The word "revolution" bears multiple associations in this passage, for Schelling also proclaims that "man is born to act and nor to speculate"; and when he writes that "the time has come to proclaim to a nobler humanity the freedom of the spirit, and no longer to have patience with men's tearful regrets for their lost chains," we hear the echoes of the libertarian thought and revolutionary acts of the late eighteenth century. Schelling writes that "the beginning and end of all philosophy is-Freedom." These words are invested with meaning and urgency at a time when men are struggling to cast off their chains, to resist authority that has lost its claim to legitimacy, to construct more humane and more democratic social institutions. It is at such a time that the philosopher may be driven to inquire into the nature of human freedom and its limits, and perhaps to conclude, with Schelling, that with respect to the human ego, "its essence is freedom"; and with respect to philosophy, "the highest dignity of Philosophy consists precisely therein, that it stakes all on human freedom."
Translation - Portuguese Buscando um ponto de partida, nos voltamos, naturalmente, ao período na história do pensamento ocidental onde era possível acreditar que "a ideia de fazer da liberdade a soma e substância da filosofia emancipou o espírito humano em todas as suas relações, e… Deu à ciência em todas as suas partes uma reorientação mais potente do que todas as revoluções precedentes." A palavra "revolução" carrega múltiplas associações nessa passagem, pois Schelling também proclama que "o homem nasce para agir e não para especular"; e, quando ele proclama que ‘é chegada a hora de proclamar a uma humanidade mais nobre a liberdade do espírito, e não mais ter paciência com as lágrimas arrependidas do homem por seus grilhões perdidos,’ nós ouvimos o eco do pensamento libertário e dos atos revolucionários do fim do século XVIII. Schelling escreve que "o princípio e fim de toda a filosofia é — Liberdade." Estas palavras estão investidas com significado e urgência numa época em que o homem luta para se livrar de suas correntes, para resistir à autoridade que perdeu sua pretensão à legitimidade, para construir instituições sociais mais humanas e democráticas. É num momento como este que o filósofo pode ser direcionado a inquirir sobre a natureza da liberdade humana e seus limites, e talvez a concluir, como Schelling, que a respeito do ego humano, "sua essência é a liberdade"; e a respeito da filosofia, "a mais alta dignidade da Filosofia consiste precisamente nisso, em que ela aposta tudo na liberdade humana."
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5 years experience in translating essays, fiction, poetry and papers in the Humanities, in general. I'm an amateur (unpublished) poet and writer, interested in exploring the human psyche and the questions that arise from within. Philosophy, psychology and social sciences are my main passions. I've also recently began studying Computer Sciences, so I can better understand the technology that surrounds us and is a huge part of our lives today, and, hopefully, to learn to create art through computer programs.
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