К четвероякому корню органической репрезентации, или Критика Аристотеля Жилем Делёзом. Часть II: Аналогия бытия и ее вариации

Вопросы философии. 2026. № 1. С. 112–124.

Volkov D.

The article continues the systematic presentation of the critique of the postulates of “organic representation” generated by Aristotle's philosophy, which is realized by Gilles Deleuze in his work Difference and Repetition. Having considered the first three “roots” of organic representation (identity-opposition- resemblance), the author proceeds to the analysis of the most difficult and understudied subject – Deleuze's interpretation of the Aristotelian analogy of being. Despite the extreme brevity of Deleuzean arguments concerning the Aristotelian doctrine of categories and supra-categorical identity of being, the author seeks to show that, when properly contextualized, they not only become understandable and explain the logic of the construction of Deleuzean text, but also clearly demonstrate the methodology of the French philosopher’s work in history of philosophy. The author shows that for an adequate understanding of the Deleuzian text that criticizes the analogy of being, it is necessary to turn to the French-language literature on Aristotle that was contemporary to Deleuze, principally Pierre Aubenque's The Problem of Being in Aristotle. By examining Aubenque’s arguments against traditional conceptualizations of the Aristotelian analogy of being, the author argues that Deleuze seeks to identify in Aristotle not so much his real arguments as the origins of the future Thomist tradition of interpreting analogy. In doing so, the author aims to show the significant scholastic inspiration of Deleuze’s analysis of the analogy of being and to demonstrate its similarity to the late Thomist conception of Thomas Cajetan. On the basis of his critique of Aristotelian categorical difference and his defense of the doctrines of Plato's Sophist, the methodology of Deleuze’s work with the history of philosophy as such, his tendency to construct opposing lines and to construct his own canon are shown.

Keywords: Aristotle, Аристотель, репрезентация, thomism, томизм, Gilles Deleuze, Жиль Делез, Representation

Publication based on the results of: National philosophy and culture: spiritual and moral values (2025)