HENRIQUE CLÁUDIO DE LIMA VAZ’ PRESENCE IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL SCENE OF CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN CULTURE

Abstract

This article introduces the special Síntese issue dedicated to the celebration of the birth centenary of Henrique Cláudio de Lima Vaz, the soul of the journal for almost three decades. After providing the program of the celebrations, it gives an overview of the assessment of his philosophical work, in texts on philosophy in Brazil. Then, it verifies the author’s effective presence in the current philosophical scene. Finally, after projecting the main questions, expected to be of interest to the Brazilian philosophical community throughout the 21st century, it concludes that Lima Vaz’s thinking is highly likely to live on, enlightening these issues and inspiring solutions.