GILSON, KRAPIEC AND CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY TODAY
Journal Title: Studia Gilsoniana - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
The author undertakes an attempt to answer the following question: is Christian philosophy possible today? The question seems to be of great importance due to the fact that what Chris-tians who try to do philosophy usually encounter is bitter criticism which comes to them from two sides at once: that of academy and that of the Church. In short, for academy their philosophy is too Christian, and for the Church it is too academic. Being indebted to the insights of Étienne Gilson and Mieczyslaw A. Krapiec, the author comes to the conclusion that Christian philosophy is possible today only if: 1) it is not identified with the art of per-suasion, as its final end lies in gaining understanding rather than being convincing, 2) it is the work of a Christian, and 3) it has the real world as its object and metaphysics as its method. For Christian philosophy—which in essence consists in doing philosophy by Chris-tians in order to get more rational understanding of their religious faith—should be identified with the perfection of the intellect achieved by practicing the classical philosophy of being.
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Pawel Tarasiewicz
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