W poszukiwaniu utraconego sensu. Człowiek współczesny jako homo patiens

• Authors: Aleksandra Szulc

Title variants

EN

In search of lost sense. Contemporary man as homo patiens

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Viktor E. Frankl – psychiatrist, neurologist, philosopher – in analyzing the situation of contemporary man, observes that he has largely lost contact with the spiritual sphere, that which is the most human in him. This state is compounded by the prevailing situation in science which places primacy on reductionisms that grasp man unilaterally. Man, according to Frankl, is not homo sapiens, zoon politikon or homo faber, but rather homo patiens, because this skill of suffering distinguishes him from the natural world. To suffer means to take a certain attitude towards that which is difficult and inevitable. When he embraces a proper attitude towards inevitable suffering, making it sensible, man realizes his own existence and contributes to the development of other people.

Keywords

EN

Viktor Frankl; Suffering; Crisis; Sense; Homo patiens

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Naukowe Franciszka Salezego
• Journal: Seminare. Poszukiwania naukowe
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 34
• Pages: 97-111

Contributors

author

Aleksandra Szulc

• Uniwersytet Szczeciński