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Utopia anielska jako wzorzec społeczności ziemskiej w myśli Pseudo-Dionizego i Tomasza z Akwinu

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Tomasiewicz M.

Logos i Ethos

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2022

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vol. 59

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issue 1

133-148

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The article deals with the issue regarding the influence of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Thomas Aquinas’ science about the angels on the socio-political philosophy in the Middle Ages. The key concept in Pseudo-Dionysius’ angelology is “hierarchy”. This concept of hierarchy is based on the assumptions of Neoplatonic metaphysics, hence Pseudo-Dionysius presents angelic beings in the enneadic order. The hierarchy presented in this way influenced the understanding and justification of the social order in the middle ages, and the legitimacy of the structure of political power. Finally, according to these authors, the main goal of the angelic community is the unity of creation in God. Thus, the ideal earthly political order must also pursue eschatological goals.

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Artykuł porusza zagadnienie wpływu nauki o aniołach Pseudo-Dionizego Areopagity i Tomasza z Akwinu na filozofię społeczno-polityczną w średniowieczu. Kluczowym pojęciem, którym posługuje się angelologia Pseudo-Dionizego jest „hierarchia”. Koncepcja hierarchii jest osadzona na założeniach metafizyki neoplatońskiej, stąd też Pseudo-Dionizy przedstawia byty anielskie w porządku enneadycznym. Tak przedstawiona hierarchia wywarła wpływ na rozumienie i uzasadnienie porządku społecznego w wiekach średnich oraz na legitymizację struktury władzy politycznej. Wreszcie, wedle wymienionych autorów głównym celem społeczności anielskiej jest jedność stworzenia w Bogu. Tym samym również idealny porządek polityczny ziemski musi realizować cele eschatologiczne.

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Cykliczny i linearny obraz dziejów w historiozofii XX wieku na podstawie myśli Oswalda Spenglera i Francisa Fukuyamy

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Tomasiewicz M.

Logos i Ethos

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2021

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vol. 58

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issue 2

107-126

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This article presents two historiosophical models present in the philosophy of history in 20th century. The first one, assuming the cyclical nature of history, was presented on the basis of Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West. The second, linear, was the foundation of the philosophy of history contained in The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama. In this context, issues of progress and regression, the irreversibility of the historical process as well as historical determinism were raised. In the summary, the Author draws attention to the way in which the choice of a specific concept of history: linear or cyclical, corresponds with the criticism or affirmation of the existing socio-political order. At the same time, the question is raised concerning the meaning of the term “culture” as the subject of history characteristic of the historiosophy of the twentieth century.

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W niniejszym artykule zaprezentowane zostały dwa modele historiozoficzne, obecne w filozofii dziejów XX wieku. Pierwszy, zakładający cykliczność dziejów, ukazany został na podstawie dzieła Oswalda Spenglera Zmierz Zachodu. Drugi z kolei, linearny, stanowił założenie filozofii dziejów zawartej w Końcu historii i Ostatnim człowieku Francisa Fukuyamy. W tym kontekście poruszone zostały kwestie postępu i regresu, nieodwracalności procesu historycznego oraz determinizmu dziejowego. W podsumowaniu autor zwraca uwagę na to, w jaki sposób wybór określonej koncepcji dziejów: linearnej lub cyklicznej, koresponduje z krytyką bądź afirmacją zastanego porządku społeczno-politycznego. Jednocześnie zostaje postawione pytanie o znaczenie pojęcia „kultury”, jako charakterystycznego dla historiozofii XX wieku podmiotu dziejów.

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Pseudo-Dionysius’ Concept of Hierarchy and the Imperial Cult in the Early Roman Empire

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Tomasiewicz M.

Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa

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2022

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vol. 15

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issue 1

1-15

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This article focuses on the relationship between the imperial cult in pagan Rome and the heavenly hierarchy taught by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. The latter’s thought played a significant role in the construction of the medieval image of the world. Medieval reflection on the state and law drew from it as well. Therefore, possible analogies between the imperial cult and the philosophy of Corpus Dionysiacum would indicate an indirect influence that the imperial cult of the emperor had on certain later ideas about state power, on the legitimacy of certain forms of social and constitutional organization, and on prophetic visions inspiring social and political movements. Against this background, the article compares the emperor’s genius (as well as the imperial virtues and the emperor’s numen) with the immaterial beings described by the Areopagite. It reveals clear parallels regarding the hierarchical construction of geniuses in the imperial cult of ancient Rome and Pseudo-Dionysius’ Angels, Names of God, and divine providences. The similarities in mediation between the human world and the divine reality regarding the granting of creative power and supernatural knowledge are also associated with this structure. In both cases, the divine element (genius and heavenly beings) has a historiosophical aspect, consisting of justification of belief about care that the deity exercises over the universal history of mankind. The conducted research constitutes an impulse for further research in the field of political aspects of medieval angelology.

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Koncepcja państwa i władcy w myśli politycznej Pawła Orozjusza

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Tomasiewicz M.

Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa

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2020

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vol. 13

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issue 4

443-468

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In this article, the author tries to present Paul Orosius’s political doctrine, taking its connection with the tradition of imperial theology of Eusebius of Caesarea and the philosophy of Augustine of Hippo as references. The main source material is the historiographic study of Orosius from the beginning of the 5th century – Seven Books of History Against the Pagans. The considerations focus on the interpretation of four key themes: the Roman Empire, monotheism, peace, and Christianity. Orosius shares the prevalent belief of Christian writers of the late antiquity, that God gives special protection to the Roman Empire. He emphasizes the importance of the peace that prevailed in the time of Augustus, and gives theological and political interpretation of the temporal coincidence of Octavian’s reign and Christ’s birth. On the basis of proper interpretation of symbolic historical events, Orosius built a kind of political ecclesiology. This doctrine advanced the principal that the Roman state and the Church were united by a common mission to promote the Christian faith. At the same time, in Book Seven, Orosius confronts an attempt at the historiosophical interpretation of barbarian invasions that threatened the prosperity of the empire. Based on factual material, he relativizes the relationship between the Roman Empire and Christianity. The state appears as a subsidiary power to the Church’s evangelizing mission, which concept is also reflected in the ethos of the good ruler proposed by Orosius.

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Utopia anielska jako wzorzec społeczności ziemskiej w myśli Pseudo-Dionizego i Tomasza z Akwinu

Cykliczny i linearny obraz dziejów w historiozofii XX wieku na podstawie myśli Oswalda Spenglera i Francisa Fukuyamy

Pseudo-Dionysius’ Concept of Hierarchy and the Imperial Cult in the Early Roman Empire

Koncepcja państwa i władcy w myśli politycznej Pawła Orozjusza