MODIFICATIONS OF “GOOD” AND “EVIL” IN THE THEOCENTRICAL MENTAL REFLECTIONS: SOCIO-PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECT
Journal Title: Філософські обрії - Year 2016, Vol 35, Issue 35
Abstract
The problem of forming of socio-cultural worldview in the system of medieval thought is analyzed in the article. The author focusesthat each world characterized and described in philosophy, has not always existed, and is created by social activity, culture and creativity ofphilosophers. In their productive activity which has natural cycles, existing knowledge about the phenomena of life (gods,the being of heroes, spirit and soul, music, nature, economy, etc.) get new sound using rules, regulations and categories. They belong not just to observed phenomena but, on the one hand, to designed, constructed ideal objects, andon the other – to new reality (ideas, logos, being, everything which exists). The new reality is consciously set in parameters of the new thinking. As a result, the world becomes structured, being thought anew. It consists of forms created by thinking of social life, each of which is characterized in the context of the relevant science and philosophy. This situation author considers through the example ofthe age of theocentric philosophy, through the analysis of medieval cycle of thinking. It is qualitatively different from the ancient cycle of thinking. The transformation of thinking usually starts with changing of social, economic, political and cultural spheres of reality and with the formulation of new problems that arise during the solutionof previous ones. But the essence of the transition to the new cycle is caused primarily by systemic crisis, through which every cultureruns. The analysis of the relationship of Christian values of medieval life shows their relationship with socio-political and cultural reality. Thanks to Christianity, in the Middle Ages conversion of the reality takes place. It is built in terms of life through allegorical interpretation of events of being according to schemes of divine worldview, which shows the eternal tragedy of Christ as man and as God. Christianity as a spiritual and moral-value phenomenon has played a decisive role in the transition from ancient to medieval culture, system of thinking and of social life. Moral merits of Christian philosophy as the «religion of love» made it the way of spiritual and practical perception of the world, the true philosophy aboutwhat the true salvationis. The latter was very important for human in his everyday life, because understanding of the inner world (ie, spirituality), takes the ethical form of personal specificity of humanity, humanity in general. Average believer from the epoch of Middle Ages to could not reach such wisdom. But this metaphorical image accurately conveys the sense of the eternal struggle of «good» and «evil», in which Christianity took part, and which was always desirable for person to participate in its sociality and thinking. This, as the author says, is humanistic and social focus of religious and philosophical thinking of the theocentric era.
Authors and Affiliations
Наталія Володимирівна ІВАНОВА
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP496975
- DOI -
- Views 81
- Downloads 0
ФІЛОСОФСЬКИЙ ПРАКТИКУМ ПОШУКІВ ТА РОЗВ’ЯЗАННЯ СВІТОГЛЯДНИХ ПРОБЛЕМ. Рецензія на: Філософія: Навчальний посібник-практикум. [Укл.: Волков О.Г., Землянський А.М., Олексенко Р.І.,Рябенко Є.М.]. – Мелітопіль: МДПУ імені Богдана Хмельницького, 2017. – 272 с.
Одним iз основних завдань сучасної вищої освіти є забезпечення належних умов для повноцiнного, своєчасного та рiзнобiчного розвитку мислення і виховання iнiцiативної, творчої особистостi. Саме такi можливостi надає філос...
THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN’S FREE WILL IN THE RUSSIAN SLAVOPHILISM AND THE WESTERNISM IN THE 19 CENTURY
THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN’S FREE WILL IN THE RUSSIAN SLAVOPHILISM AND THE WESTERNISM IN THE 19 CENTURY
ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ ТА НАЦІОНАЛЬНА ІСТОРИЧНА ОСВІТА
Виявом внутрішньої людської історичності є її ідентич-ність як сукупність певних характеристик індивіда, що роблять його саме цією, а не іншою особистістю упродовж його життя, конструюючи як неповторне єство. Ідентичніст...
STS. ZOSIMA AND SAVATE AS PATRONS OF BEEKEEPING
The article highlights the socio-cultural and ideological principles of the cult of bee and bee products in the world and Ukrainian cultures. For this purpose peculiarities of using bee products in early cultures are exa...
ONTOLOGICAL BASES OF POSTMODERN MORALITY
The joint life of people in society needs certain rules and norms that regulate human behavior and ensure the achievement of individual and generally significant goals. For many centuries, this regulation was carried out...