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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0185-3082</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta poética]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta poét]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-3082</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0185-30822015000200063</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.apoet.2014.11.001</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apuntes sobre el mal y el endurecimiento del corazón]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Commentaries about evil and heart hardening]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Menassé]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Veracruzana Instituto de Filosofía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>63</fpage>
<lpage>79</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-30822015000200063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-30822015000200063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-30822015000200063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[La decisión que lleva al ser humano a elegir entre el bien y el mal no parece tener explicación racional. Tal es al menos la postura de Kant, así como la de Levinas, quienes dejan la cuestión librada a su misterio último. La formulación que hace la Biblia en el libro del Éxodo, donde nunca es posible saber si Faraón endurece su corazón contra Dios o el propio Dios lo ha endurecido previamente, revela acaso esa misma, profunda ambivalencia. Marlowe y Shakespeare, por su lado, parecen inclinados a la idea de que el mal es una decisión de la voluntad y que su consumación es la ruina espiritual del ser humano. Siguiendo a nuestros clásicos quisiera suponer que el mal (al menos la transgresión y el crimen asumidos a conciencia) es un gesto desesperado -si bien por ello no menos terrible: el alma que claudica en su anhelo de fincar en el sentido, de anudarse a la esperanza.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[What makes a human being to decide between right and wrong, between good and evil does not seem to be something that reason can truly comprehend. That is, at least, what both Kant and Levinas suggest, abandoning such decision to its ultimate mystery. The biblical formulation of this enigma can be hinted at in the book of Exodus through the hardening of Pharaoh's heart. Is God hardening the heart of Pharaoh, or was it previously hardened? This question reveals a unique and undecidable movement. Marlowe and Shakespeare also reflect on the hesitations of the soul, supporting the idea that evil is, in the last account, a decision of the will, one that inevitably brings the downfall of its doer. Can the humor of our times adhere to those edifying convictions? Much has happened since Shakespeare and Marlowe's time, but whether our trust in the ethical coherence of the world remains vivid or not, we have only an obstinate determination to rely on if we still want to uphold the threads of language and humanity.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hardening of the heart]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[endurecimiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sentido]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lenguaje]]></kwd>
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