The Existential Metaphysics of the Person. Part 2: Esse Personale and the Metaphysical Turn

• Authors: Gudaniec Arkadiusz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Against the background of the model of the metaphysics of the person (presented in the article “The Existential Metaphysics of the Person. Part 1: The Classical Concept of the Person and the Metaphysical Theory of Esse,” Studia Gilsoniana 10, no. 2) which was initiated by Thomas Aquinas and developed in the Lublin Philosophical School, this paper focuses on the attempt to show the philosophical breakthrough that the concept of personal existence can bring, and points out the most important theoretical consequences of adopting this theory in metaphysics. It outlines the elements of a new metaphysics of the person, based on the concept of personal existence, and hypothesizes about the metaphysical turn this concept could make. The investigations undertaken in the paper lead to the conclusion that not all inferences have yet been drawn from the concept of esse personale, and that the entire depth of the metaphysics of existence has not yet been explored.

Keywords

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Thomas Aquinas; Lublin Philosophical School; Karol Wojtyła; Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec; man; human being; person; philosophical anthropology; philosophy of man; metaphysics of the person; metaphysical personalism; existence; personal existence; esse personale; esse; esse ut actus essendi; realistic metaphysics; existential metaphysics

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 829-846

Dates

published

2021-12-30

Contributors

author

Gudaniec Arkadiusz

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

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Notes

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DOI: 10.26385/SG.100435