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Filozofia życia i przetrwania Łesi Ukrainki. Uwagi na materiale literatury dokumentu osobistego pisarki

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Kaczmarczyk M.

Studia Polsko-Ukraińskie

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2020

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vol. 7

59-78

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The first lady of the Ukrainian poetry, as she is often described, Lesia Ukrainka (1871–1913) left not only a very valuable poetical heritage (poetry, dramaturgy, prose, literary criticism) but also an extremely interesting epistolography, thanks to which researchers can better understand her literary works and extraordinary personality, which can be represented by many images: an image of a woman, a daughter, a friend, a beloved, and a Ukrainian patriot. A letter is a specific literary genre which is now widely studied by researchers. Lesia Ukrainka’s letters are characterised by a unique epistolographic narration in which she presented her life and work. Her letters are very vivid, spontaneous, often have the form of polemics or confessions, contain her observations regarding the psychology of creativity as well as some draft s of her upcoming literary works. To some extent, they may serve as the record of the times and the lives that the contemporary Ukrainian intelligence lived. But first and foremost, Lesia Ukrainka’s letters are the source of knowledge about the poetess herself, her numerous roles, and the way her personality was created as a result of many hardships, dilemmas, and struggle. The present paper aims at presenting the selected roles of Lesia Ukrainka in order to draw her psychological portrait, to show her individuality, and to bring closer her image not only of a great poetess, which is quite commonly known, but the image of the woman who lived her own life and destiny.

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Manifesto of the Epicurean Philosophy of Life

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Wesoły M. A.

Peitho. Examina Antiqua

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2019

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vol. 10

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issue 1

85-102

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Epicurus’ philosophy grew out of his life experiences, contacts, polemics, journeys and other activities. Apart from such great works as the monumental On nature (Peri phuseôs) in 37 books, Epicurus authored also various extracts (epitomai), principle doctrines, sayings and letters. The letters, while addressed to many students and friends, were for him a very important tool of propagating his own philosophy. Epicurus’ fascinating Letter to Menoeceus can be regarded as a manifesto of his philosophy of life. In historiography, it is often characterized as an exposition of his ethics, even though Epicurus probably did not use the term himself. To better capture the composition and spirit of this work, the Greek text of the letter has been somewhat rearranged here: for the sake of clarity, ample spaces and special paragraphs have been provided, and appropriate headings have been introduced in the Polish translation.

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Marka Aureliusza filozofia życia

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Błaszczyk M.

Człowiek i Społeczeństwo

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2023

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vol. 55

165-173

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The article presents a critical approach to Sztuka życia według Marka Aureliusza. Rozmyślania nad „Rozmyślaniami” by Dominika Budzanowska-Weglenda (Wydawnictwo Naukowe UKSW, Warszawa 2016). It discusses the main theses presented in the dissertation and invites to reflection on the stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius.

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Remarks on the collected works by Krzysztof Chodasewicz The Mystery of Life

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Gecow A.

Filozofia i Nauka

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2022

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vol. 10

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Mistyka i życie Relacja religijna w fenomenologii Michela Henry’ego

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Gielarowski A.

ARGUMENT: Biannual Philosophical Journal

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2019

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vol. 9

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issue 2

303-316

PL

Mysticism and life. Religious relationship in Michel Henry’s phenomenologyThis article discusses the concept of mysticism in the phenomenology of Michel Henry, which involves the relationship of life and the living, as set against two opposing views on the connection of life to the living: Arthur Schopenhauer’s naturalistic philosophy of life and the religious doctrine of Master Eckhart. In the first approach, life is identical with the will to live, a natural force inherent to everything that is alive. In the other one, life is identified with the Christian God (infinite or absolute life), encompassing all individual livings and constituting the foundation for all creation existing out of him. Hermeneutic analyses carried out in the article consider those texts by Michel Henry which comment on the works of Master Eckhart and Schopenhauer and provide for his own interpretations of them. They aim to show that Henry’s thought involves the religious understanding of mysticism as pertaining to the connection of life and the living identified with the relationship of God (absolute life) and humans (finite life). Moreover, the mysticism of life should be distinguished from Schopenhauer’s naturalistic metaphysics of life, while its main inspiration are the Christian teachings of Master Eckhart, therefore the former may be considered as one of the interpretations of the latter. Irrespective of its Christian background, Henry’s thought can be also of interest to non‑Christians, as it presents a way of accessing (absolute) life through the experience of a living body (French: chair) underlying self‑affectivity, largely forgotten in modern times but which can be revived by communing with art, because aesthetic experience is one of the forms of feeling one’s own being. In Henry’s thought, aesthetics, ethics and religion are closely interrelated, providing an effective remedy for the contemporary cultural crisis.

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Simmel and the Posthuman: Money as the God of Bad Infinity

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Kuźniarz B.

Polish Sociological Review

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2018

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vol. 204

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issue 4

447-462

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Contrary to a longstanding tradition of associating the attractive force of the modern economy with it sunbridled materialism, I claim in my paper that the power of capitalism lies in the transfer of human desire into the realm of the abstract. Our passionate attachment to the capitalist system stems from its money-mediated capabilityto organize the infinite: money is a special form of structuring infinity, which I term the “count to infinity.” Thepaper develops this concept, drawing on three in-depth analyses offered by Georg Simmel in his The Philosophy of Money: first, the infinite structure of value, or, money as bad infinity; second, money as the pure vehicle of life;and third, money as the “absolute means.” It is my main contention that by moving human desire into the realm ofthe abstract, money has provided life with a vessel to elevate itself to a higher plane of energy, thus transcending the bounds of the human species.

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Możliwości i ograniczenia hermeneutycznego ujęcia człowieka

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Lorenc W.

Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne

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2012

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issue nr 19

199-218

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Consideration about the possibilities and limitations of a hermeneutical view of a human being will be prelude by an attempt of answering four fundamental questions: I shall disclose: 1. if the question itself is philosophically justifiable; 2. if hermeneutical philosophy is a monolitical stream of philosophy; 3. what can we expect from its research; 4. how it tries to accomplish these research. Talking about a hermeneutical view of a human being I mean to examin two main streams of hermeneutical philosophy: the classical one, estalblished by Dilthey and Heidegger, and the radical one, that takes inspiration not only from Heidegger, but also from thinkers who are not directly connected with the tradition of hermeneutics.

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Życie jako insynuacja w ujęciu Henri Bergsona i George’a Santayany

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Kremplewska K.

Diametros

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2017

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issue 52

47-63

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Tekst wychodzi od przyjrzenia się sensom ludzkiego życia w ujęciu Bergsona, na które otwiera nas zaproponowana przezeń metafora „insynuacji”. Analiza ta, wzbogacona o konfrontację z innym oryginalnym myślicielem epoki – George’em Santayaną, pozwala doświetlić fakt, że Bergsonowska ontologia pojmuje materię jako wrogą życiu i proponuje swoistą mediację polegającą na twórczym wykorzystaniu materii poprzez pamięć i wyobraźnię, które „odgrywają” przeszłość w masce teraźniejszości w interesie życia. Przedmiotem namysłu jest również formuła wolności wyłaniająca się z obu koncepcji świadomego życia – koncepcji Bergsona, dla którego kresem i spełnieniem jest początek albo pierwotny impuls, oraz koncepcji Santayany, która upatruje spełnienia w formach skończoności pojedynczego życia. Okazuje się, że tym, co łączy obie perspektywy jest spojrzenie na człowieka od strony wyzwania duchowego. Całości tych rozważań towarzyszy przekonanie o potrzebie powracania do tak rudymentarnych pojęć jak „człowieczeństwo” czy „duchowość”, które – dość niefortunnie - są dziś marginalizowane.

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The article analyzes Henri Bergson’s understanding of human life in the light of his metaphor of life as “insinuation.” Comparing his ideas with the ideas of another original thinker of the age, George Santayana, allows shedding light on Bergson’s ontological strategy of making matter– as a threat to life –subject to mediation. Memory and imagination use matter to play out the past in the guise of the present–for the sake of life. The text also focuses on the formulas of freedom arising out of both thinkers’ conceptions of conscious life – that of Bergson, for whom the horizon and the fulfillment can be found in the beginning, or the primary vital impulse, and that of Santayana, who sees fulfillment in the forms of finitude assumed by each particular life. Looking at humanity in terms of a spiritual challenge links both conceptions. The whole discussion responds to the need to return to such fundamental but sidestepped terms as “humanity” and “spirituality”.

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Światopogląd i religia w ujęciu Stanisława Kowalczyka

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Kondrat K.

Roczniki Nauk Społecznych

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2012

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vol. 4(40)

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issue 1

37-55

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The article presents a synthetic view of the issue of philosophy of life and religion in Stanisław Kowalczyk’s works and it shows social consequences of the philosophical perspective of these problems. It can be clearly seen that the discussed author analyzes the issue from the anthropological-personalistic perspective. The text presents Kowalczyk’s view of the concept of philosophy of life and its structural elements, focusing mainly on the Christian philosophy of life and the problem of a dialog concerning philosophy of life. Another motif is the question of the origin and function of religion and its relations with such areas as science, philosophy, morality or culture. The article is concluded with a reflection concerning the sources of the ideological-axiological crisis of the contemporary world. According to Kowalczyk it is the erroneous anthropology connected with depersonalization of the conception of man that is to blame here, and in order to overcome the crisis it has to return to realism, integral humanism and personalistic anthropology.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. ECCE hOMO!

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Krzych B.

Amor Fati

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2016

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issue 2(6)

233-244

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This paper is an biographical and philosophical analysis of life of the German philosopher Frie-drich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900). The text is based largely on the writings of Nietzsche and from the standpoint of Christian thought it presents critique of morality build by Nietzsche.

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The Living Death: ‘Trick or treat!’ The Vivid Presence of Death Symbolism in Contemporary Art and a Philosophical Interpretation of its Existential Role

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Piotrowska-Tryzno M.

Art Inquiry. Recherches sur les arts

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2014

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vol. XVI (XXV)

243-255

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The paper covers the symbolism of death, which seems to be largely overlooked, trivialized or narrowly read both by the public and by some authors of texts on contemporary aesthetics. Numerous artists of the 20th and 21st century, including those widely known and commented on, try to restore the theme of mortality to the culture of the West, often showing it in the form of intercultural symbols, present in art from the beginning of its documented existence. The aim of this essay is to summon some meanings of such symbols, which are in a comprehensive way traditional, but invariably attractive for contemporary artists and thus freely transformed, and to sketch the possibility of their potential existential impact. The exploration of the possible causes of these meanings has been conducted on the basis of the selected proposals of interpretation in visual anthropology and depth psychology. The symbolism of death and its alleged role in contemporary art and contemporary Western culture have been also confronted with the selected proposals of the philosophy of life.

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Artykuł dotyczy symboliki śmierci, która wydaje się w dużej mierze niezauważana, banalizo-wana lub wąsko odczytywana zarówno przez współczesnych odbiorców sztuki, jak i przez estetykę współczesną. Autorka zakłada, że artyści XX i XXI wieku, również ci szeroko znani i komentowani, starają się przywrócić kulturze Zachodu tematykę skończoności życia, podając nam ją często „do widzenia” w postaci zestawień międzykulturowych symboli obecnych w sztuce od początku jej udokumentowanego istnienia. Celem pracy jest ukazanie niektórych znaczeń symboliki śmierci (nieodmiennie atrakcyjnej dla twórców, w sposób szeroko pojęty tradycyjnej, choć swobodnie współcześnie trawestowanej) oraz możliwości jej potencjalnego oddziaływania. Eksploracja możliwych przyczyn aktualności tych znaczeń przeprowadzona została w oparciu o wybrane propozycje interpretacyjne antropologii kultury wizualnej i psy-chologii głębi. Symbolika śmierci i jej domniemana rola w sztuce współczesnej i współczesnej kulturze zachodniej zostały także skonfrontowane z wybranymi propozycjami filozofii życia.

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Znaczenie wymiaru historycznego dla kształtowania się sfery geisteswissenschaften. Ujęcie Wilhelma Diltheya i Ernsta Cassirera

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Musioł A.

IDEA. Studia nad strukturą i rozwojem pojęć filozoficznych

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2016

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vol. 28/1

160-174

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Followers of methodological antinaturalism in philosophy, who criticise the application of methods representing the natural sciences to other realms of knowledge, argue for the necessity to separate the humanities from the empirical instrumentarium of research. The exposed dualism of investigation process reveals differences between axiomatic and deductive explanation of arguments of formal sciences and with the understanding of the humanistic interpretation and with idealizing historical and comparative analysis in the area of sciences concerning the spirit. An important contribution into historic analyses of the Geisteswissenschaften sphere came from a disciple of the Marburg Neo-Kantianism and follower of Kantian apriorism, Ernst Cassirer, and an author of the antipositivistic turn and the historical philosophy of life, Wilhelm Dilthey. Both philosophers enter into the polemics with naturalistic ideas of the man and the culture; they enter into polemic with a positivistic vision of the reality determined exclusively by physical and biological factors. In their own considerations they stress the irreducibility of the historical world to the dimension of nature. They underline the qualitative exceptionality of man as a conscious and creative (in cultural terms) individual. Taking as the point of departure the question of history, I will show dependences, collected at the perspective of the empirical (not metaphysical) ideas of the culture created by the selfconsciousness producing cultural meanings.

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Filozofia życia i przetrwania Łesi Ukrainki. Uwagi na materiale literatury dokumentu osobistego pisarki

Manifesto of the Epicurean Philosophy of Life

Marka Aureliusza filozofia życia

Remarks on the collected works by Krzysztof Chodasewicz The Mystery of Life

Mistyka i życie Relacja religijna w fenomenologii Michela Henry’ego

Simmel and the Posthuman: Money as the God of Bad Infinity

Możliwości i ograniczenia hermeneutycznego ujęcia człowieka

Życie jako insynuacja w ujęciu Henri Bergsona i George’a Santayany

Światopogląd i religia w ujęciu Stanisława Kowalczyka

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. ECCE hOMO!

The Living Death: ‘Trick or treat!’ The Vivid Presence of Death Symbolism in Contemporary Art and a Philosophical Interpretation of its Existential Role

Znaczenie wymiaru historycznego dla kształtowania się sfery geisteswissenschaften. Ujęcie Wilhelma Diltheya i Ernsta Cassirera