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Hledání Jana Patočky

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Kohák E.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2010

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vol. 58

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issue 6

909-918

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Starting from studies included in Jan Patočka and the Heritage of Phenomenology, the author unfolds the thesis that Patočka was fundamentally a thinker in the tradition of the Enlightenment and of the Czech humanist revival. According to the author, Patočka sets out from Husserl’s phenomenology (in the spirit of Austrian positivism), deals with Heidegger’s objections (in the spirit of German idealism), and forges his own synthesis (in the spirit of French phenomenological vitalism). The author considers Patočka’s nihilistic phase, between the heartbreak of the Soviet occupation and the hope of Charta 77, as an extreme attempt to keep faith with the hopes of the Enlightenment in an age that offered no hope.

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Jan Patočka: filosof jako svědomí svého národa

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Biemel W.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2008

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vol. 56

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issue 3

331-343

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The first part of the article is an interpretation of Patočka’s philosophy of history, with an emphasis on the essential connection of philosophy and a politics founding a new, historical life-form. The task of the philosopher, the model of whom is Socrates, is to question the sense of the world as hitherto given. The basic possibility of the historical person is, then, the possibility of freedom, liberation from being bound to life, and the assumption of responsibility for one’s own existence. In the modern world, however, determined as it is by the supremacy of the natural sciences, a loss of sense has taken place and there is a paradoxical return to pre-history. In the second part of the article the author concerns himself with Patočka’s reflections on Czech history arising from his philosophy of history, and with the personal relation of the philosopher Jan Patočka to his nation. The author emphasises, above all, Patočka’s distinction between the “little” and the “great histories”, that is between the historical epochs of the Hussites and the United Brethren, when the Czech nation showed it was able to take responsibility for universal ideas and its own existence, and the later and contemporary epochs when, out of fear for its own existence, it gave up freedom and its own responsibility. The author, in this connection, emphasises the urgency of the actualisation of the Hegelian dialectic of “lord and bondsman”, which Patočka’s considerations also point to, and highlights Patočka’s linking of philosophy and personal engagement in the spirit of Socrates.

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Consolation at Night: Jan Patočka and his Correspondence with Comeniologists

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Mout N.

Acta Comeniana (International review of Comenius studies and early modern intellectual history)

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2013

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vol. 27

175-187

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Jan Patočka (1907–1977) approached Johannes Amos Comenius as a fellow-philosopher, while admiring him also for his intellectual and moral steadfastness. He studied Comenius as a philosopher from the thirties onwards, stressing the latter's unique position in the history of Czech and European thought. Patočka's many Comeniological publications were analysed and highly appreciated by fellow-Comeniologists. In the first volume, containing correspondence with Czech friends and colleagues, letters start in the early thirties, but Comeniology, including the vicissitudes surrounding the edition of Comenius's complete works, come to the fore from the late fifties onwards. Correspondents include friends and colleagues such as Josef Brambora and Antonín Škarka and a few older colleagues. A large number of letters was exchanged with Comenius's biographer Milada Blekastad and with the young philosopher Stanislav Sousedík. The second volume comprises letters exchanged with only a few foreign correspondents: next to the Ukrainian scholar Dmytro Čyževskyj and the French colleague Marcelle Denis, a personal friend of Patočka's, the greater part of the volume is filled with letters to and from the German scholar and personal friend Klaus Schaller. These two volumes add much to our understanding of Patočka's nearly lifelong and profound interest in Comenius's thought. The intellectual acumen and constant engagement reflected in these letters must have meant much to Patočka and his Comeniological correspondents in and outside Czechoslovakia. Maybe these exchanges of letters brought some light and consolation even in the darkest of times.

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Význam kritiky existencialismu v Patočkově přechodu od "Věčnosti a dějinnosti" k "Negativnímu platonismu"

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Josl J.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2023

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vol. 71

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issue 2

271-285

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The study presented here focuses on the transformation in the 1940s and 1950s of Jan Patočka’s interpretation of the relationship between Socrates and Plato. This shift is tracked in the context of Patočka’s dialogue with the philosophy of existence. While in the lectures from the 1940s and the climactic work from this period, Věčnost a dějinnost (Eternity and Historicity), Socrates – with his emphasis on subjectivity, human freedom and incompleteness – is seen in Patočka’s conception to be close to the main motifs of the philosophy of existence, in Negativní platonismus (Negative Platonism) Patočka’s position is already far from such an “existential Socraticism.” The text of the study shows that Patočka’s critical reception of the philosophy of existence is one of the historically important motives in the transformation of Patočka’s position between Eternity and Historicity and Negative Platonism.

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Předložená studie se zaměřuje na proměnu interpretace vztahu Sókrates – Platón u Patočky ve 40. a 50. letech minulého století. Tento posun je sledován v kontextu Patočkova dialogu s filosofií existence. Zatímco v přednáškách ze 40. let a vrcholném díle vycházejícím z tohoto období, tedy Věčnosti a dějinnosti, je Sókratés svým důrazem na subjektivitu, lidskou svobodu a nehotovost v Patočkově pojetí blízký hlavním motivům filosofie existence, v Negativním platonismu je Patočkova pozice již vzdálena takovému „existenciálnímu sokratovství“. Text studie ukazuje, že Patočkova kritická recepce filosofie existence je jedním z historicky důležitých motivů v proměně Patočkovy pozice mezi Věčností a dějinností a Negativním platonismem.

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Válka jako princip? K Patočkovu konceptu polemos

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Ritter M.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2024

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vol. 72

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issue 2

283-293

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In the concluding part of Heretical Essays in the Philosophy of History, Jan Patočka thematizes the 20th century and claims that this entire period is a century of war. This paper identifies the main arguments supporting this thesis and examines Patočka’s reflections on how this essential character of the 20th century can be overcome. The article primarily focuses on revealing the ontological-anthropological framework that underlies Patočka’s argumentation, including the idea that polemos is the law of the world. More concrete analyses then demonstrate the problematic elements of Patočka’s concept.

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V závěrečné části Kacířských esejů o filosofii dějin Patočka tematizuje 20. století a formuluje tezi, podle níž celé toto období je stoletím války. Přítomná stať identifikuje hlavní argumenty podporující tuto tezi a rozebírá Patočkovy úvahy o tom, jak lze bytostný charakter 20. století překonat. Článek se primárně soustředí na odhalení ontologicko- antropologického rámce stojícího v základu Patočkovy argumentace, včetně představy, že zákonem světa je polemos. Konkrétněji orientované analýzy pak ukazují problematické prvky Patočkovy koncepce.

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Aristotelova fyzika ve světle Patočkovy interpretace

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Kvasz L.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2025

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vol. 73

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issue 2

185-206

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In this article, we propose an interpretation of Aristotle’s theory of local motion as the first stage of the mathematization of motion. We proceed from the interpretation presented by Jan Patočka in his work Aristoteles, jeho předchůdci a dědicové (Aristotle, His Predecessors and His Heirs). We try to show that Patočka approached the interpretation of Aristotle’s theory of motion as an attempt at mathematization. What prevented him from taking the final step towards such an interpretation was, on the one hand, his acceptance of Plato’s theory as the first mathematization of the cosmos, against which Aristotle’s attempt looks like a departure from mathematization, and, on the other hand, his failure to realize the difference between the mathematics of Aristotle’s time and the mathematics by which motion was later mathematized.

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V předkládaném článku navrhujeme interpretaci Aristotelovy teorie jako první etapy matematizace pohybu. Vycházíme z interpretace, kterou předložil Jan Patočka v práci Aristotelés, jeho předchůdci a dědicové. Pokoušíme se ukázat, že Patočka se přiblížil k interpretaci Aristotelovy teorie pohybu jako k pokusu o matematizaci. To, co mu zabránilo učinit poslední krok k takové interpretaci, bylo jednak přijetí Platónovy teorie jako první matematizace kosmu, proti níž Aristotelův pokus vypadá jako odklon od matematizace, jednak neuvědomění si rozdílu mezi matematikou Aristotelovy doby a matematikou, pomocí níž byl pohyb matematizován.

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Jana Patočki doświadczenie „jedności pierwotnego świata” jako przesłanka myślenia i działania pedagogicznego – implementacje (część druga)

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Gara J.

Forum Pedagogiczne

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2019

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vol. 9

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issue 2/1

175-192

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Jan Patočka swoim życiem i twórczością w pełni zasłużył na miano współczesnego Sokratesa. Bieg jego życia i meandry twórczości tworzyły puzzle doskonale uzupełniające się i zależne od siebie. Zainteresowania filozoficzne czeskiego fenomenologa oscylowały wokół doświadczenia „jedności pierwotnego świata”, w którego centrum znajdował się świat naturalny. Poddając analizie strukturę doświadczenia tego świata, autor niniejszego opracowania bada takie kategorie, jak: czas, cielesność, dom, otwartość, praca. Następnie rekonstruuje jedną z opcji odczytywania filozofii wychowania Patočki i ewolucji jej podstawowych zagadnień. Kluczową ideą w tej filozofii jest ruch, jako coś, co specyfikuje otwartą strukturę istnienia człowieka. W tym kontekście w sposób heurystyczny zostały sformułowane podstawowe kierunki myślenia i działania pedagogicznego, które implikuje tytułowe doświadczenie „jedności pierwotnego świata”. Artykuł publikowany jest w dwóch częściach, które stanowią integralną całość autorskiego ujęcia tytułowego problemu. Część pierwsza artykułu ma charakter studialnej rekonstrukcji. Część druga publikacji ma charakter autorskich implementacji twórczości Jana Patočki.

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Realismus a moralismus v díle Emanuela Rádla

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Hejduk T.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2014

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vol. 62

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issue 3

387-402

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An analysis of Rádl’s Útěcha z filosofie (The Consolation of Philosophy) reveals it to be a work in which Rádl, ailing and overcome by events, resorts to mere moralising. It is my view that, even here, he maintains the full dynamic unity of wordly reality, which governs life itself, and abstract morality, which is supported by philosophical theories and systems. Despite the fact that many theses and concepts in the Consolation give the impression of a stereotypical moralising of life (“The Moral Order”), we always find in the text, alongside these themes, counterbalancing realist theses (life itself, the individual). I understand this balance between a concrete and a moral approach to human life as the principle reason for treating Rádl as closer to Socrates than to Plato (on the basis of the conception of the difference between Socrates and Plato in “Eternity and Historicity”, I take issue with Patočka’s “Platonic” interpretation of Rádl).

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Jana Patočki doświadczenie „jedności pierwotnego świata” jako przesłanka myślenia i działania pedagogicznego – rekonstrukcje (część pierwsza)

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Gara J.

Forum Pedagogiczne

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2019

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vol. 9

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issue 1

181-202

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Jan Patočka swoim życiem i twórczością w pełni zasłużył na miano współczesnego Sokratesa. Bieg jego życia i meandry twórczości tworzyły puzzle doskonale się uzupełniające i zależne od siebie. Zainteresowania filozoficzne czeskiego fenomenologa oscylowały wokół doświadczenia „jedności pierwotnego świata”, w którego centrum znajdował się świat naturalny. Poddając analizie strukturę doświadczenia tego świata, autor niniejszego opracowania bada takie kategorie, jak: czas, cielesność, dom, otwartość, praca. Następnie rekonstruuje jedną z opcji odczytywania filozofii wychowania Patočki i ewolucji jej podstawowych zagadnień. Kluczową ideą w tej filozofii jest ruch, jako coś, co specyfikuje otwartą strukturę istnienia człowieka. W tym kontekście w sposób heurystyczny zostały sformułowane podstawowe kierunki myślenia i działania pedagogicznego, które implikuje tytułowe doświadczenie „jedności pierwotnego świata”. Artykuł publikowany jest w dwóch częściach, które stanowią integralną całość autorskiego ujęcia tytułowego problemu. Część pierwsza artykułu ma charakter studialnej rekonstrukcji. Część druga publikacji ma charakter autorskich implementacji twórczości Jana Patočki.

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God in Question: Questioning as a Prerequisite for Theology

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Kočí M.

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica

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2014

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vol. 4

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issue 1

51-66

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There are questions that are so important that it is a pity to spoil them with answers. No doubt, the question of God is one of them. Contrary to many presuppositions, theology is not capable of providing us with the final answers in this respect. On the contrary, theology professed as fides quaerens intellectum is an ongoing struggle with questions. Modernity interrupted this paradigm of theological questioning. Theology was withdrawn from the realm of understanding and shifted to the realm of explanation. Modernity brought the univocalization of God. Nonetheless, the attempts to tackle the question of God lead to hegemonic narratives about God. Such narratives are rightly criticized in a postmodern context for their totalizing pretensions. The problem of postmodern criticism is its one-sided emphasis on the apophatic dimension of theological discourse. I propose that theology can go a step further beyond postmodernity. In order to do so, I deal with the Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, who provides an opportunity to rethink God from the perspective of questioning in a new way. Patočka’s insistence on problematicity is the main reading key of his work. In this line of though, I interpret Patočka’s student Tomáš Halík and his thesis about the necessity to take the metaphor of an unknown God into account. I argue that theology must avoid the temptation to remove God from the question and make a well-known God of him. The time has come for theologians to turn their answers back into questions and dwell with them.

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Andrzej Półtawski o fenomenologii asubiektywnej Jana Patočki: analiza krytyczna i próba zestawienia

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Płotka W.

Kwartalnik Filozoficzny

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2020

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vol. 48

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issue 1-2

51-68

EN

The article examines Półtawski’s reading of Patočka’s concept of asubjective phenomenology as presented in § 24 of the 1973 book Świat, spostrzeżenie, świadomość [The World, Perception, Consciousness]. The author discusses the main points of Patočka’s philosophy, especially his views on Husserl. For Patočka, phenomenology consists in a systematic analysis of whatever presents itself in experience. The method which problematizes the manifestation of phenomena is epoché. But the theory of transcendental reduction reduces phenomena to mere subjective appearances. For this reason, phenomenology should be pursued as an “a-subjective” project. Półtawski claims that Patočka is right in criticizing Husserl for falling into Cartesianism, but that he fails in defining the “phenomenal sphere” as the main subject matter of phenomenology. Półtawski holds that Patočka in fact continues the dogmatic motif of Husserl’ phenomenology and, moreover, that he reduces phenomena to their subjective being. The author analyzes Półtawski’s reading and claims that it has some limitations, including a misinterpretation of Patočka’s epoché, or the emphasis put on metaphysical claims of phenomenology.

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Algunas notas sobre la ‘pedagogía de la conversión’ de Jan Patočka: "La educación significa comprender que hay algo más en la vida que el miedo y el beneficio"

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Schifferová V.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2026

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vol. 74

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issue Numero_Especial_1

56-80

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The philosophy of education constitutes a significant part of Jan Patočka’s intellectual legacy. The aim of this article is to partially map this relatively little-known terrain, which has not yet been systematically analyzed in relation to the whole of the author’s philosophical work.3 Addressing this issue in its entirety, including the texts connected with the Socratic–Platonic line of thought, would far exceed the limits of this brief article. For this reason, attention is focused on two selected thematic areas: on the one hand, Patočka’s texts on pedagogy and the philosophy of education written before 1945; and on the other, his studies on Comenius, which, except for one, date from the postwar period and inspired him to formulate his conception of the socalled pedagogy of the ‘conversion toward openness and love,’ aimed at overcoming particularism, selfishness, egocentrism, and the hatred that stems from them. In this pedagogy of the conversion, Patočka saw a source of hope for the ‘post-European age’. The article also draws on several of Patočka’s texts dedicated to systematic philosophy, particularly the philosophy of history and the philosophy of existence, written after 1945, as well as on his correspondence with the German comeniologist and philosopher of education Klaus Schaller.

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Współczesna bezradność wobec etyki. Jana Patočki lekcja troski o duszę

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Flaga K. A.

Kultura i Wartości

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2021

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issue 32

97-116

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Der Artikel befasst sich mit dem Phänomen der wachsenden Gleichgültigkeit und Hilflosigkeit der Gesellschaft in der gegenwärtigen Wirklichkeit in Bezug auf ethische Reflexion sowie auf die "spirituelle Sphäre der Existenz". Der Autor versucht die gegenwärtige Unzufriedenheit mit den ethischen Entscheidungen und den Konsequenzen, die sie mit sich bringen, zu analysieren. Es werden auch die Probleme erörtert, die sich aus der Dominanz der Naturwissenschaften über die Geisteswissenschaften ergeben sowie die Schwierigkeiten bei der Vereinbarkeit der menschlichen Subjektivität mit dem von positiven Wissenschaften formulierten Weltbild. Ziel des Artikels ist es, das philosophische Konzept des tschechischen Phänomenologen Jan Patočka darzustellen, um die Botschaft seiner Philosophie zu veranschaulichen, die als Appell und Aufruf dienen soll, die Situation des Verschwindens der ethischen Reflexion und der weit verbreiteten Gleichgültigkeit ihr gegenüber zu überwinden.

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The article deals with the phenomenon of the increasing indifference and helplessness of society in the current reality in relation to ethical reflection as well as the "spiritual sphere of existence". The author attempts to analyze the contemporary dissatisfaction with the existing ethical adjudications and the consequences that they bring, as well as problems resulting from the domination of natural sciences over humanities and the difficulties in reconciling human subjectivity with the image of the world formulated by positive sciences. The aim of the article is to present the philosophical views of the Czech phenomenologist Jan Patočka in order to make evident the message flowing from his philosophy, which is intended to function as an appeal and a call for an attempt to overcome the situation of lapse of ethical reflection and universal indifference to it.

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Artykuł podejmuje temat wzrastającej obojętności i bezradności społeczeństwa w obecnej rzeczywistości w stosunku do refleksji etycznej, a także „duchowej sfery egzystencji”. Autor przeprowadza próbę analizy współczesnego niezadowolenia z dotychczasowych rozstrzygnięć etycznych oraz konsekwencji, które za sobą niosą, jak również problemów wynikających z dominacji nauk przyrodniczych nad humanistycznymi oraz trudności z pogodzeniem podmiotowości człowieka z obrazem świata formułowanym przez nauki pozytywne. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie koncepcji filozoficznej czeskiego fenomenologa Jana Patočki, aby unaocznić przesłanie płynące z jego filozofii, które posłużyć ma jako apel i wezwanie do podjęcia próby przezwyciężenia sytuacji zaniku refleksji etycznej i powszechnej wobec niej obojętności.

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Patočka a Foucault: starosť o dušu a starosť o seba

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Suvák V.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2017

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vol. 65

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issue 6

887-910

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The article deals with two influential interpretations of the Greek approach to care (epimeleia) in the work of Jan Patočka and Michel Foucault. At first sight, it seems that Foucault’s concept of care for the self (epimleia heautú) is in opposition to Patočka’s concept of care for the soul (epimeleia tés psychés). However, on a closer reading we find that both accounts arrive at the same conclusion. We can see this, for example, in the interpretation of Plato’s dialogue Laches which both authors put into the context of the way of life. In the following part of the article attention is paid to the development of Patočka’s understanding of care for the soul, and his approach to the philosophy of history. It is shown that Foucault’s approach to history is in many ways in opposition to Patočka’s. However, in spite of the different approaches to history, both authors problematize Greek care as an important theme of western culture and, against that background, they emphasise the therapeutic task of contemporary philosophy.

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Vydávání a interpretace Patočkovy pozůstalosti: Pokus o znovuotevření diskuse

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Homolka J.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2017

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vol. 65

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issue 6

941-955

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This discussion study has the aim of reopening the debate about the publishing and interpreting of the work of the Czech philosopher Jan Patočka (1907–1977). The piece is divided into three inter-related steps: 1) Firstly, attention is paid to the specific character of Patočka‘s nachlass, most of which was originally preserved only in manuscript form and which is broken up into several thematic areas. 2) Next, the piece examines the extended endeavour to work on the nachlass and to publish it. Special attention is given here to the Czech edition of Patočka’s Collected Writings, which have not yet been completed, and around which there have developed a series of stormy discussions. 3) In connection with this, it is argued that those who wish to interpret Patočka’s work in their own way face similar problems to the ones faced by the editors of the Collected Writings. The piece shows, at this point, that the problems associated both with the publication and with the interpretation of Patočka’s work stem from the very specific character of Patočka’s nachlass. So if we wish to find our orientation in Patočka’s extensive work, and to understand it, it will be necessary to take account of all the personal, socio-political and intellectual contexts in which it arose. In conclusion, therefore, the piece calls for a thorough and complex treatment of Patočka’s biography – work which should not be only a matter for philosophers, as hitherto, however, but also for historians.

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Philosopher on the throne. Edvard Beneš and the philosophical foundations of practical activity

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Marek J.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2021

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vol. 69

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issue Special_Issue_1

187-199

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The study deals with the political-philosophical standpoints of Edvard Beneš. The thesis of the study is that Beneš’s declared political principles stem directly from his philosophical views, which he already partially formulated in the period prior to the First World War, especially in his dissertation thesis titled The Origin and Development of Modern Political Individualism (Původ a vývoj moderního politického individualismu). The study shows that the formulation of Beneš’s political stances was strongly influenced by his analysis of the modern understanding of individualism. Beneš sides with 18th century contractualism, especially appreciating Locke. The study understands Beneš as a thinker and politician who reacted to the moral crisis of the first half of the 20th century, and who attempts to implement a renewal or educational process for the creation of a new Europeanhood. Beneš conceived his politics as an attempt to actualise ideas in a particular social situation.

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Nitro a záhada hyletické vrstvy : Poznámky k Patočkovým analýzám těla, zejména ze čtyřicátých let

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Ritter M.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2011

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vol. 59

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issue 7, Special No: Fenomenologie tělesnosti

81-97

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On the one hand, the present paper pursues transformations of Jan Patočka’s approach to the body and corporeality and tries to pinpoint its problematic aspects. The more essential and detailed part of the text presents a systematic interpretation of sketchy analyses of corporeality, as they appear in Patočka’s wartime manuscripts methodically based on transcendental phenomenology. Special attention is paid to Jan Patočka’s considerations on the sensory perception, and also to his more speculative ideas inspired by these reflections. In this context, we concentrate on the problem of the so called „hyletic stratum“. In the final part of the paper, we ask the question whether the sensible phenomenon of “expression”, and the considerations on the corporeal character of our existence in general, do not force us to abandon the way of thinking in substantial categories or, to be more precise, to abandon the idea of substantial “being for itself” independent on the being in relations with others.

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The Life of the Shaken

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Svobodová Z.

Forum Pedagogiczne

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2019

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vol. 9

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issue 1

213-223

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Based on the analysis of texts by Jan Patočka, the author explores two concepts of human existence. The concept of three movements of life and the concept of two basic forms of life are examined in this paper, with the aim to referring to similarities and differences between them and to try to point out the essentials from these conceptions. The motivating question that gives rise to author´s efforts in this paper is: “What kind of agreement can be found between different concepts?”

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Koncept hlubší korelace životní v raných rukopisech Jana Patočky

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Novotný K.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2017

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vol. 65

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issue 6

833-853

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The recently published manuscript studies and fragments by Jan Patočka, dating from the first half of the 1940’s, amount to an attempt at grasping the deeper living correlation, rather than the correlation of consciousness and its objects at the level of the subject- or of dwelling-centred strata of experiencing or understanding. The turn to the identity of “the double indifference of subject and object”, whose evidence is the sensory harmony between the feeling and the felt, which is interpreted as a mutual communication of the interiority of life by means of its expressions, confronts Patočka with the question of the origin of their differentiation. Patočka founds the identity and difference enabling the deeper living correlation on his metaphysical conception of nature which is not, now, just one of the horizons which experiencing creates around itself, nor is it just the basis on which the harmony of experiencing and its environment must develop, but nature also has an aspect which is closed and alien to subjectivity. This is a step beyond the bounds of Husserl’s and Heidegger’s schemes of a correlation of life and world, understanding and being – a step that throws a certain amount of light on Patočka’s later work.

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From a “life in the idea” to a “life in truth”: Patočka and Havel on truth and politics

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Strandberg G.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2022

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vol. 70

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issue Special_issue_1

35-49

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This article discusses the relationship between Jan Patočka's and Václav Havel's political writings. By specifically focusing on Patočka's concepts a "life in the idea" and a "life in problematicity" and Havel's notion of a "life in truth", it seeks to draw out the differences and similarities between their respective understandings of the relationship between truth and politics. The paper argues that Havel reinterpreted Patočka's ideas in a way, which in the final analysis diverged from Patočka's original intentions. Finally, the article argues that Havel's, in many ways productive, reinterpretation gives rise to a highly problematic conception of ideology and politics since the "prepolitical" form of politics that Havel envisions ultimately tends to naturalize both truth and politics.

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From a “life in the idea” to a “life in truth”: Patočka and Havel on truth and politics