Zbigniew Herbert – ku tajemnicy Sokratesa

• Authors: Marek K Siwiec

Title variants

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ZBIGNIEW HERBERT – TOWARDS MYSTERY OF SOCRATES

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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In the essay the author follows Zbigniew Herbert’s path by asking a question: “What is a mystery of Socrates?”. The author wants to present that Zbigniew Herbert in his books took a journey, a spiritual wander, to the Greek roots (beginnings) to the European culture and sources of the European humanity. He distinguishes the difference between ‘root’ (or ‘beginning’) from ‘source’. “The portrait of Socrates” by Herbert reflects the two main dimensions of poet’s creative as well as philosophical aspirations. Socrates represents different reflections on the human condition. He encompasses various – for many philosophers – unpredictable dimensions of human existence. He has ability to rational, intellectual examination of the world as well as tendency to investigate his artistic poetic work and vocation. However, the mystery of Socrates appears to be a source of creative thinking.

Keywords

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MYSTERY OF SOCRATES; ZBIGNIEW HERBERT; JOURNEY TO THE GREEK ROOTS (BEGINNINGS) TO THE EUROPEAN CULTURE AND SOURCES OF THE EUROPEAN HUMANITY

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Epigram
• Journal: Filo-Sofija
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2(11)
• Pages: 7-28

Contributors

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Marek K Siwiec