Czy niektóre aspekty nauczania św. Augustyna mogą być ex post nazwane ontologizmem?

• Authors: Warchał Robert

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Can certain aspects of Augustine’s teaching be termed “ontologism”?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The paper focuses on two basic issues from the writings of St. Augustine: the matter of being and the problem of ontologism. Augustine’s considerations offer a subtle and innovative proposal, which bodes well for further research prospects. The author himself never acknowledged the fact that the notion of being has priority over theory of cognition. Similarly, intuition itself (also in the context of faith) does not imply the unity of cognition and being. Nevertheless, one cannot deny the presence of a certain anthropological-cognitive triad in Augustine’s thought: it manifests itself in the unity of the moment, namely the consciousness of the subject, of being, and of existence. It is impossible to determine unequivocally whether Augustine's views can be described as ontologism. On the basis of our philosopher's personal experiences, God, unattainable for the human mind, remains an eternal light. However, that does not indicate a stance where the Augustinian visio would imply a direct vision of the nature of God. The analyses carried out in the article remain to some extent open.

Keywords

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St. Augustine; gnoseology; human being; vision; ontology; illumination

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filozoficzny
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 69-82

Contributors

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Warchał Robert

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Instytut Filozofii, ul. Grodzka 52, 31-044 Kraków, Poland