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Lucretius and Lem - Irreligious and Ascetic Hedonism

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Okolowski P.
Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria
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2007
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vol. 16
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issue 2(62)
157-171
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The author presents the philosophy of Stanisław Lem as Neo-Lucretianism and calls Lem a Lucretius of the 20th century. The paper demonstrates two parallel strains in their thought comprising their views on life and religion. The ascetic hedonism of Lem and Lucretius is found in their renunciation of joys in their personal lives, in the interest in intellectual work, and in the tendency to leave some breathing-space for spending some time with family and friends. They also displayed an irreligious attitude, although it did not seem to concern all religions. They were particularly displeased with such religious views which, in their opinions, propagated false outlooks upon life. Consequently it is interesting to note that their negative opinion on religion went hand in hand with attempts to defend it. Neither Lucretius, nor Lem, criticized personal quests for a better life motivated by religious views. They believed that religion can inspire a creative restlessness of the soul. Lucretius said that gods were necessary for people, Lem called God a 'beneficial power'. Lem also believed that Christianity could provide a system of values that was most consistent with human nature. In saying this he followed the arguments of Schopenhauer and Feuerbach.
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THE PARADOX OF RESUSCITACION FROM ATOMS. IN MEMORY OF STANISLAW LEM

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Okolowski P.
Edukacja Filozoficzna
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2006
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issue 42
5-12
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Lem put into words the paradox of resuscitation form atoms in the book 'Dialogues' (1957), paradox unsolved untill today. There is followig problem : is X * an alive copy of dead person X - who has identical atomic structure - the same as X? The issue has already been considered in the past although in crude version by Lucretius. Lem's arguments against the possiblity of resuscitacion only intesify the power of paradox. It also appears with reference to cloning of human beings. Lem objected to such process. Identity of reproduced zygote is unclear and therefore reasonable resistance arises to human clonnig.
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TWO RELIGIONS OF MATERIALISM: LUCRETIUS AND LEM

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Okolowski P.
Edukacja Filozoficzna
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2008
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issue 46
123-136
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The author presents in this paper (and in few others) the philosophy of Stanislaw Lem as Neo-Lucretianism and calls Lem as a Lucretius of the 20th century. The article demonstrates pararell strains in their views on death. Lem - the atheist in common parlance - on Christian point of view is the man of 'strange faith'. There is an eschatology in his outlook, though warldly (finitistic?) one, which has clearly Lucretian nature. In opinion of both there are two attributes of the Cosmos: extermination (Lucretius says 'mors inmortalis', Lem - holocaust) and creation. Mortal human finds comfort in an idea that 'other worlds' come into being in dead Cosmos eternally and 'different minds' are born in them. Eschatological hope lies in thought that antonymous values will be always realized because each kind of mind realizes some part of the class of them. Lem's naturalism breaks in this point.
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