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It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the history of philosophy from Plato to Hegel is the history of a loss of human corporality, which has destructive consequences, because human body is the most universal symbol in every culture and society. Ludwig Feuerbach is trying to return the corporality back to human beings through the rehabilitation of emotions and of the intersubjectivity based on the love between the concrete, personal, physical Me and a concrete, personal, physical You. The Christian idea of God should not be based upon the picture of human being without body, but should closely match the entire and real essence of human being that is primarily rooted in nature.
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The article introduces the following definitions. (1) The human being in the sense of natural sciences is a rational animated being. (2) The human being in the sense of metaphysics is a being conscious of him/herself. (3) The human person is the human being in the sense of metaphysics united with his/her body which becomes at this juncture his/her corporality. Such an understanding of the human person is of fundamental importance for ethical dimension of our life.
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This article is an attempt at the analysis of the corporality theme in the stories of the contemporary Russian writer Ludmila Ulitskaya. Holding a qualification in biology and genetics, Ulitskaya courageously introduces into her works such dimensions of human biological existence as sexuality, labour, menstruation or terminal disease. Mysterious incurable diseases, borderline situations, initiations, moments of crisis or breakthrough are standard components of her literary world. The corporal dimension of human life appears to be an inexhaustible source of truth about the characters’ spiritual condition as philosophical and metaphysical meanings are hidden under the layer of their biological existence. The writer effectively proves that Man is a sum of ‘the biological’ and ‘the spiritual’. In her writings the corporality becomes a universal code, provoking the everlasting and most difficult human questions of the sense of life, suffering, old age and death.
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Christian anthropology is based on the fact that human body as created by God is good and thus human sexuality and the transmission of life can hardly be sinful in themselves. The body itself is intended for resurrection. Human person exists only as the unity of soul and body. Nevertheless, in the spirituality and preaching of the church, we often encounter distrust of and contempt for corporality, especially for human sexuality. The body is viewed as the prison of the soul. Disregard for sexuality and suppression of corporality will become a fundamental sign of a more sublime form of Christian life, and marriage is valued only as a cure for lust for those who are incapable of celibacy. In reality Christianity is primarily a religion of life, and both ancient and medieval Christianity show significant vitality. In modern history Catholicism is under the influence of pietism and puritanism. Sermons continue to express strong aversion to and distrust of human sexuality. At the turn of the 1950s, the complexity of human existence begins to reappear, and corporality starts to be regarded as something positive and valuable.
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The article analyses the essence and reasons for the 'neo-pagan turn' of Russian culture and philosophy of the 19th-21st centuries to the theme of 'corporality,' which is presented in a wide range of approaches from Russian romanticism to modern Russian projects of 'new metaphysics' and 'progressive archaism.' The author exemplifies the actualization of the corporality theme as the renaissance of neo-paganism in philosophical discourse by phenomena of the Silver Age, Russian philosophy of the first part of the 20th century represented by V. Rozanov's, N. Berdyaev's and L. Shestov's concepts, Soviet natural philosophy prose of the 1960s-1980s (Ch. Aitmatov, V. Rasputin, V. Astafyev), modern Russian political philosophy (National-Bolshevik project by Alexander Dugin). It is concluded that neo-paganism is an invariant cultural phenomenon laying claim to modern problems solving of both the society and personality. It, therefore, acts as a new ideological strategy, new philosophy and new religion.
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This essay focuses on the theme of Jesus’ corporality in the Fourth Gospel. While Johannine studies rightly tend to underline the various ways in which John communicates Jesus’ divinity and union with the Father, this gospel is also filled with texts that stress Jesus’ humanity. From the prologue to the resurrection scenes Jesus periodically appears not only as fully human, but also as fully bodily. The introductory part of the article traces some of the occurrences of the motif of Jesus’ humanity/corporality. In the attempt to point up their significance and function, the two main parts then identify the texts which describe Jesus’ body parts and his physical postures. The essay notes John’s particular interest in drawing attention to Jesus’ body parts and postures, a feature that contributes to John’s being „a maverick Gospel“ that continues to fascinate its readers. As the Son of God in constant communion with the Father, Jesus, as portrayed in John, emerges as a fully human and bodily person.
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The paper analyzes Pascal's understanding of the relation between faith and reason as the two possible ways in which man attempts to establish whether God exists and how He may be reached. Pascal departed from an analysis of 'physical knowledge' and its possible application to the questions of faith and things infinite. Discovering the limitations of reason, the philosopher turned elsewhere to search for both proof of Gods existence and the possible ways in which man can strive to be closer to Him. The paper analyzes the meaning and various interpretations of Pascal's notion of 'knowing through the heart'. The author shows how the French philosopher's concept developed, departing form a critique of Cartesian philosophy, his concept of faith and love as essential elements of creating a real relationship with God.
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