Karol Wojtyla Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

The book deals with the philosophy of the human person as worked out by Karol Wojtyła. It presents a number of fundamental issues necessary to understand Karol Wojtyła's personalism. Thus, first it undertakes Wojtyła's move from the philosophy of the human being to the philosophy of the human person; second, it presents Wojtyła's epistemological approach to the person against the background of other philosophies concerned with the human person; third, it describes the metaphysical structure of the person; four, it analyses the person's selected faculties (consciousness, emotions); five, it presents some aspects of the action of the person (a person's causation, or their role in dialogue); and finally, it tries to sketch the problem of personal dignity.

- by Grzegorz Holub
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- Personalism, Karol Wojtyla, Thomistic Personalism, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla
- by Ricardo Ramírez Basualdo
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- Karol Wojtyla, Teologia, Theology of Joseph Ratzinger, Tomás de Aquino

En el breve ciclo de trece catequesis escritas por el entonces arzobispo de Cracovia, Karol Wojtyla sobre la esencia y el fundamento del cristianismo, analizadas a partir del discurso pronunciado por el apóstol Pablo en el Areópago de Atenas , quisiera centrarme en la primera de ellas, la que versa sobre el "Dios desconocido", que será el objeto de esta disertación.
La profundidad de los temas expresados en estas 13 catequesis por el entonces arzobispo Karol Wojtyla, especialmente el contenido de la primera de ellas, sobre el "Dios desconocido", refleja perfectamente, como recordó el cardenal Stanislaw Dziwsz, arzobispo emérito de Cracovia, "su extraordinaria concepción del mundo desde el punto de vista de la comunión con el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo". Dziwsz Arzobispo Emérito de Cracovia : "su extraordinaria concepción del mundo desde el punto de vista de la comunión con el Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo".

- by Loris Derni
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- Historical Jesus, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, Teologia
- by Emil Anton
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- Karol Wojtyla, Dramaturgia, Antropología, Filologia polska
- by Davide Marino
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- Atheism, Soviet History, Missiology, Communism

N.B This is a significantly revised version of my earlier “Addiction within a Thomistic Philosophical Anthropology: A Conceptual Analysis.” When I wrote it I had only started thinking about addiction and my ideas have developed considerably as I have studied more neuroscience, psychology, and philosophical anthropology. Since I posted it in 2011 I have received many emails with questions, comments, suggestions and objections, all of which have been very helpful to me. We are all trying to understand what addiction is, and how we can help those who suffer from addiction. It is astonishing how difficult it is to find good philosophical literature on addiction, and many people are rightly interested in the problem. Given the amount of feedback I have received on the earlier version of this paper, that it has been cited in two MA theses that I know of, and that I do not know when I shall have time to complete the research required to make this paper worth publishing, I have decided to update the prior draft with this version. Some of the same ideas are treated briefly in one published paper of mine.1 This paper has since changed its title in order to reflect a more broadly Aristotelian approach. I decided that there is no reason for me to restrict my approach to Thomistic thought, and I think this general Aristotelian approach makes the paper’s appeal much broader. Some of the “Thomist” material, but not all of it, has been omitted from this draft. I will be happy to receive any correspondence concerning the account of addiction presented in this paper, but I might always be able to respond right away.

- by Daniel D. De Haan
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- Moral Psychology, Aristotle, Addiction, Drugs And Addiction

The objective of this paper is to situate the ethics of Karol Wojtyla in the context of
personalist philosophy - a 20th century philosophical and theological movement that seeks to investigate reality from the point of view of the human person. Personalism places persons and personal relationships at the center of theory and practice and explores the significance of personhood across disciplines and traditions. In terms of methodology, personalism takes into consideration the data gathered by empirical sciences and our lived experiences as part of our community. While not to be thought of exclusively as a moral philosophy, most personalist philosophies place strong emphasis on ethical concerns. Personalist philosophers maintain that experience ought to be the starting point for the philosophical analysis of the person. At the outset, it must be clarified that this paper is not a systematization of the ethics of Wojtyla per se for there is no such thing as Wojtyla's ethics that can be set apart from other ethical systems in general or from Christian ethics in particular. Wojtyla did not develop his own “original” ethical system or philosophy. As many critics have pointed out, Wojtyla’s philosophical project can be best described as incomplete. His work is a picture of Aristotelian-Thomism enriched by phenomenological analysis of the human person. He develops a phenomenology of the subject grounded on a personalist principle.

- by Ferdinand Tablan
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- Philosophy, Ethics, Participation, Ethical Theory

This review was first published in The Thomist, 61, No. 1 (January 1997), 142-146.

- by Philip Blosser
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- Max Scheler, Phenomenology, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla

Aesthetics and St John of the Cross presents itself to us as a subject because, apart from being a Christian mystic, San Juan was also an artist and poet. This essay will identify principles that may be drawn from both his practice as a poet and his thoughts about art, which may inform contemporary Christian spirituality . Today, the people to benefit from San Juan’s approach to aesthetics are artists, especially poets, who are Christians desiring to engender contemplation through their medium. From a pastoral perspective, there is also a need for more understanding of artists in regards to their life in the Church, especially as the Church is turning to them to help bridge the ever-widening cultural gap between Church and society. As the challenge of communicating the Gospel within Western society deepens, it is being more recognised that art is a way of communicating that appeals to a persons’ spiritual nature. In our current cultural milieu symbolism is strong currency, and it may well become more crucial for the Church to be able to communicate truth in ways that are non-verbal, imaginative and intuitive, in a way that does ‘use’ the arts, but honours and understands its true function. As Thiessen has noted in the last twenty years the dialogue between theology and the arts has become a major focus in theology, and it is no coincidence that this trend has run alongside the aestheticisation of everyday life in postmodern society through the powerful impact of images.

- by Sarah Larkin
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- Poetry, Theology and the Arts, St. John of the Cross, Poetry and Poetics

Polski mesjanizm jest kluczem do zrozumienia dzieła Jana Pawła II. Nie da się właściwie pojąć papieskiej teologii historii, teologii cierpienia i teologii narodu bez kontekstu polskiej myśli romantycznej. Nauczanie Jana Pawła II jest przy... more

- by Paweł Rojek
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- Polish Studies, Messianism, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla

Jacques Maritain criticized Husserl's phenomenological method-the ἔποχή-as being incompatible with the realism of St. Thomas Aquinas. Maritain equated phenomenology with idealism, holding that it universally negates the existence of known objects as things in the world. Not surprisingly, then, a tendency has arisen in the thought of Thomists commenting on Karol Wojtyła's phenomenological-Thomism to distance Wojtyła's method from that of Husserl. However, since Wojtyła himself saw fit to appropriate the phenomenological method, Thomists will do well to reevaluate Husserl's ἔποχή. This study shows that Husserl's phenomenology is formulated as an Aristotelian science, consciously presupposing the existence of its subject matter and not universally negating the existence of known objects as things in the world. The ἔποχή, thus, is compatible with the realism of the Angelic Doctor, and the Phenomenological-Thomism of Karol Wojtyła stands on firm realist ground.

- by Daniel Wagner
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- Aristotle, Phenomenology, Edmund Husserl, Thomism
- by Jove Jim S Aguas
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- Personhood, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, Subjectivity

En este breve ensayo se resaltan los sentidos del sufrimiento que San Juan Pablo II expone en su encíclica.

Cosa può dire il teatro sulla spiritualità del matrimonio? Vedremo come lo scritto di Wojtyła, pur presentando l’esperienza umana dell’amore in tutta la sua drammaticità, la indica come via sicura per un incontro con Dio e per il... more

Cosa può dire il teatro sulla spiritualità del matrimonio?
Vedremo come lo scritto di Wojtyła, pur presentando l’esperienza umana dell’amore in tutta la sua drammaticità, la indica come via sicura per un incontro con Dio e per il perseguimento di ciò a cui l’uomo anela più profondamente: la felicità, l’amore, la santità, Dio stesso.

- by Francesco Giuseppe Fornari
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- Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, Teologia, Teatro
- by Gerald J. Beyer
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- Human Rights, Natural Law, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholic Theology
- by Nigel Zimmermann
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- Continental Philosophy, Catholic Theology, The Other, Levinas
- by Roland Millare
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- Theological Anthropology, John Zizioulas, Personalism, John D. Zizioulas
- by Jove Jim S Aguas
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- Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla

¿Cuál es la noción metafísica del concepto de «amor» en el pensamiento filosófico de Karol Wojtyla? Para descubrirlo, haremos un análisis de las dos principales obras filosóficas de Wojtyla, Amor y Responsabilidad (1960) y Persona y Acción (1969). Nuestro recorrido por estas nociones será exactamente el inverso a los títulos que acabamos de presentar. Comenzaremos con la noción de «acción», luego la de «persona», luego la de «responsabilidad» y por último la que es el objeto directo de nuestro estudio, el «amor». Como podrá verse, la noción de amor no puede entenderse completamente sin haber recorrido antes el camino gnoseológico –y yo diría también existencial– de las otras tres nociones. Trataremos también de desvelar cuál es exactamente la metafísica de fondo en el pensamiento de Wojtyla, así como las diversas aportaciones que la fenomenología ofrece a las nociones clásicas de dicha metafísica.
Mi tesis: El amor es el acto máximamente perfeccionante de la persona. Es el acto perfeccionante por excelencia porque es la acción con mayor densidad ontológica que el hombre puede realizar y porque es la acción que revela de modo más pleno lo esencial del hombre en cuanto a sus estructuras personales.

- by Leopoldo Sayegh
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- Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, Metafísica, Amor

● Source: Pawel Tarasiewicz, “The Common Sense Personalism of St. John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla),” Studia Gilsoniana 3, supplement (2014): 619-634 [ISSN 2300-0066] ● Summary: The article aims at showing that the philosophical personalism of Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) stems from the common sense approach to reality. First, it presents Karol Wojtyla as a framer of the Lublin Philosophical School, to which he was affiliated for 24 years before being elected Pope John Paul II; it shows Wojtyla’s role in establishing this original philosophical School by his contribution to its endorsement of Thomism, its way of doing philosophy, and its classically understood personalism. Secondly, it identifies a purpose of Wojtyla’s use of the phenomenological method in his personalism and reconstructs Wojtyla’s possible answer to the question whether there is a link between moral sense and common sense in human experience. ● Keywords: Personalism of John Paul II; John Paul II; Karol Wojtyla; Common Sense; Reality; Lublin Philosophical School; Thomism; Philosophy; Personalism; Phenomenological method; Moral sense; Human experience.

- by Pawel Tarasiewicz
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- Philosophy, Thomism, Karol Wojtyla, Common Sense

This paper presents a Thomistic analysis of addiction that incorporates scientific, philosophical and theological features of addiction. I will argue first, that a Thomistic hylomorphic anthropology provides a cogent explanation of the causal interactions between human action and neuroplasticity. I employ Karol Wojtyła’s account of self-determination to further clarify the kind of neuroplasticity involved in addiction. Next, I will elucidate how a Thomistic anthropology can accommodate, without reductionism, both the neurophysiological and psychological elements of addiction, and finally, I will make clear how Thomism can provide an ethics and theology of grace that can be integrated with these ontological and scientific considerations into a holistic theory of addiction.

- by Daniel D. De Haan
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- Neuroscience, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science
- by Davide De Caprio
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- Philosophy, Max Scheler, Phenomenology, Edmund Husserl

In the book, "The Courage to Decide," I've presented my intellectual journey through the theories of many philosophers. During this journey, I've contemplated and examines my life through the light of their ideas. This process has given me clarity about decision-making and its importance in our lives.
Through the courage to decide, we're able to experience freedom, novelty, and understanding. We're then able to orient ourselves to the future and change our vision into reality.
Through the courage to decide, we're able to transcend aging and the ravages of disease and replace them with psychological growth. We're then able to develop creativity and become more compassionate
Through the courage to decide, we create ourselves and the world around us. Simply put, the courage to decide is the ultimate act of creation.

- by Krystyna Laycraft
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- Emotion, Philosophy, Decision Making, Axiology

This paper presents a Thomistic analysis of addiction that incorporates scientific, philosophical, and theological features of addiction. I will argue first, that a Thomistic hylomorphic anthropology provides a cogent explanation of the causal interactions between human action and neuroplasticity. I will employ Karol Wojtyła’s account of self-determination to further clarify the kind of neuroplasticity involved in addiction. Next, I will elucidate how a Thomistic anthropology can accommodate, without reductionism, both the neurophysiological and psychological elements of addiction, and finally, I will make clear how Thomism can provide an ethics and a theology of grace that can be integrated with these ontological and scientific considerations into a holistic theory of addiction.

In this article we consider a thesis that is quite typical of the philosophy of dialogue: namely, that it is in dialogue that the person comes to be. We present the thesis drawing upon the ideas of Martin Buber, John Macmurray and Calvin Schrag. (The last of these is not himself a fully-fledged philosopher of dialogue, but he does shed some light on the ideas of the others.) We also analyze the ideas developed by Karol Wojtyla, who – although he cannot be classified as a member of this philosophical school – offered his own interpretation of the thesis. The paper shows that philosophers from various schools can find themselves considering much the same thesis, and that this can lead to positive and constructive outcomes. Moreover, the person occupies the center of attention for personalists as well as philosophers of dialogue, so a mutual exchange of insights between them regarding the structure of personhood may well prove vital to a better understanding of the person as an existing reality.

- by Grzegorz Holub
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- Personhood, Personalism, Karol Wojtyla

O objetivo deste texto é apresentar o personalismo de Karol Wojtyła, usando o método analítico e a pesquisa bibliográfica. Wojtyła, mediante uma síntese criativa entre a filosofia do ser e a filosofia da consciência, oferece uma resposta à pergunta “quem é a pessoa humana”. Para isso, ele rompe o esquema clássico da “pessoa à ação” e faz o itinerário intelectual ao contrário: da ação à pessoa. Ele passa por temas como suppositum, consciência, ser e ação, liberdade, verdade. O resultado é a superação da rigidez e da exterioridade do esquema escolástico na compreensão do dinamismo humano e uma noção de pessoa humana na qual objetividade e subjetividade são consideradas como dimensões constitutivas do ser pessoa. Esta nova compreensão é importante para resgatar e promover o valor da pessoa humana frente à sua reificação.

This is the title page contents, intro, conclusion and bibliography of my Master thesis (full paper is 16, 564 words).
When looking at Wojtyla’s poetic output, it became clear to me that an understanding of his formation as an artist in Poland, which during the years of the Second World War came together with his spiritual formation, is central to understanding his specific role in the fall of the Communist regime in Central Europe. My study, coupled with Wojtyla’s interpretation of the Rhapsodic Theatre, reveals his view of the unique role of culture in a nation’s history, and also how the Rhapsodic Method is “one piece” with his poetry, as well as an extremely effective methodology when applied on the world stage. This study outlines the historical and political context in which Wojtyla grew up - which notably connected art with the struggle for spiritual and national freedom - to a setting out of Wojtyla’s interpretation of Rhapsodic Theatre in his own words. When looking at Wojtyla’s poetry, which I see as an extension of the Rhapsodic Method, the work of the poet Cyprian Norwid is presented as a key figure to understand Wojtyla’s unique writing and placing it in the system of contemporary poetics. The devices of 'contemplative' or meditative writing are drawn out. For the research element I devised a workshop - 'The Place Within' and ran with 2 groups; people are invited to interact with KW's poetry. The results are written up in order to extrapolate how KW's poetry may be used to help those on a spiritual journey.
Email me if interested to read whole chapters.

- by Sarah Larkin
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- Poetry, Communism, Creative Writing (Poetry), Karol Wojtyla

A philosophical study of love is highly relevant today, since the sciences have not adequately answered the perennial question: What is love? Since the time of Socrates, the idea of love and the conception of the human heart have been devalued by thinkers who, by definition, are known as "lovers of wisdom." Considered pejoratively as "the passions, " the subject of emotion was deemed inferior to thought centered upon the human faculty of reason. Many studies in the sciences, from biology to psychology, claim to have pointed us to the source of the human experience of love--but do they help us to understand love properly? In order to provide a full consideration of love in my philosophical research, I will focus my analysis on love under the philosophical lens of phenomenology. Known as the study of firsthand human experience, phenomenology became the influential school of thought for many German philosophers in the early twentieth century. My research will closely examine the writings of Max Scheler, Dietrich von Hildebrand, and Jean-Luc Marion within the context of this tradition. Moving from a justification of love in philosophy to the topic of self-love, I hope to define effectively what it means to love another. I shall also attempt to disambiguate the common assumptions regarding the nature of love. Is there a fundamental difference between the phenomenon of "falling in love" and of love itself? I question whether love, in its essence, is defined by the element of choice--of a willful emotional giving of oneself to another--and whether it can be distinguished from a passive feeling and an active loving will. I aim to bring the human affective sphere into the full light of philosophical inquiry, considering whether love is a moral act of the will that involves a total participation of the self--in mind, body, and spirit. Love is arguably the most powerful of the human emotions, one that elevates the human sphere of emotions and the ethical existence beyond simple desire.

- by Samantha Schroeder
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- Philosophy, Max Scheler, Dietrich Von Hildebrand, Kierkegaard

Nel breve ciclo di 13 catechesi redatte dall’allora Arcivescovo di Cracovia Karol Wojtyla , aventi per oggetto l’essenza ed il fondamento del cristianesimo, analizzato in base al discorso tenuto dall’apostolo Paolo presso l’Areopago di Atene , desidererei soffermarmi sulla prima di tali catechesi, quella inerente al «Dio ignoto», che sarà oggetto di questa nostra dissertazione.
La profondità dei temi espressi in queste 13 catechesi dall’allora Arcivescovo Karol Wojtyla, in particolar modo dei contenuti enunciati nella prima di esse, quella relativa al «Dio ignoto», riflette perfettamente, come ricordato da Stanislaw Card. Dziwsz Arcivescovo Emerito di Cracovia : «la sua straordinaria concezione del mondo dal punto di vista della comunione con il Padre, il Figlio e lo Spirito Santo».
Arrivato ad Atene, l’apostolo Paolo si viene a trovare proprio al centro dell’arte, della cultura, della filosofia e della religione del mondo antico. Questo luogo, resta ancora oggi per Karol Wojtyla: "il simbolo non solo di un grande passato legato alla Grecia e ad Atene, ma anche il simbolo di ciò che dura da secoli e generazioni. L’intera cultura dell’Europa, della civiltà occidentale, proviene da lì: dalla cultura greca, dall’Areopago – come da una sorgente" .
Pertanto, questo specifico capitolo degli Atti degli Apostoli, costituisce, per colui che divenne il grande Papa Giovanni Paolo II: «lo sfondo ideale per le catechesi rivolte agli uomini del nostro tempo» .
Per cercare di capire e di comprendere più a fondo perché il pensiero di Paolo di Tarso all’Areopago di Atene, rappresenta non solo la storia, ma esso stesso un «simbolo» così importante per Karol Wojtyla, tenteremo di approfondire queste tematiche, tramite l’analisi letteraria ed esegetica del discorso tenuto dall’apostolo Paolo, agli areopagiti.

- by Loris Derni
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- Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, Teologia, Filosofía

This is a book chapter on the personalism as developed by Karol Wojtyła. In the center of attention is what makes Wojtylian approach so specifically personalistic. It critically describes Wojtylian core philosophical notions in... more

- by Grzegorz Holub
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- Metaphysics, Philosophical Anthropology, Moral Theology, Personalism

W pracy omówiono zagadnienia podmiotowości i spotkania z drugim w myśli filozoficznej Karola Wojtyły, a także miejsce jego antropologii we współczesnym sporze o intersubiektywność. Celem pracy była próba odpowiedzi na pytanie czy myśl Wojtyły sytuuje się po stronie filozofii podmiotu czy też intersubiektywności – filozofii spotkania i dialogu? Dokonano tego w konfrontacji z innymi uczestnikami współczesnej dyskusji o intersubiektywność: E. Husserlem, M. Schelerem, F. Ebnerem, M. Buberem, F. Rosenzweigem, G. Marcelem, J.-P. Sartre’em, E. Lévinasem, M. Nédoncellem, J. Tischnerem. Ważne miejsce w pracy zajmuje także próba rekonstrukcji polemiki z Wojtyłą, której dokonał Leszek Kuc. W pracy wykorzystano teksty źródłowe Karola Wojtyły (oraz nieliczne, ważne dla tematu, Jana Pawła II), a także liczne komentarze i opracowania. W tym celu przeprowadzono kwerendę naukową w rzymskim Ośrodku Dokumentacji Pontyfikatu.

- by Grzegorz Krupa
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- Personalism, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II
- by Samantha Schroeder
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- Philosophy, Max Scheler, Dietrich Von Hildebrand, Kierkegaard

Karol Wojtyła in his main work The Acting Person makes frequent references to the concept of truth. In his analyses truth expressions concern various realms: epistemological, metaphysical, moral and axiological. However, he does not clarify exactly what he means by truth. In the paper the author analyzes selected passages from the book where truth expressions appear and he tries to elaborate on a more coherent understanding of truth, which was on his (Karol Wojtyła's) mind. A special emphasis is placed on the axiological truth, which is novel within the Thomistic framework of philosophizing and seems to be a consequence of the philosopher's encounter with the phenomenology.

- by Grzegorz Holub
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- Metaphysics, Ethics, Moral Theology, Christian Ethics

En esta ponencia nos proponemos analizar parte de la obra de dos filósofos del siglo XX asociados a la corriente personalista europea: Wojtyla y Levinas respectivamente. Los dos llegaron a conocerse muy bien y entablaron además de una gran amistad un diálogo acerca de sus modos de entender la fenomenología y la filosofía en general. No es la primera vez que se cotejan estos dos filósofos. Pensadores de la talla de R. Guerra López, Julia Urabayen y Juan Manuel Burgos han discu- tido y expuesto sus ideas mostrando semejanzas y diferencias entre los dos pensadores. La idea de este texto es, a partir de éstos análisis, vol- ver a poner en diálogo a los dos filósofos aprovechando el nuevo mate- rial sobre ambos. Intentaré demostrar que Wojtyla realiza un planteo ontológico de la persona, a través del análisis de la manifestación de la misma a través de la acción, y Levinas en este sentido tiene intere- santes ideas que aportar, tanto a Wojtyla como a toda la historia de la ontología, poniendo el foco en un más allá de la ontología. En efecto, el filósofo francés sostiene que hay que pensar el acontecer previo a la subjetividad, esto es, su posible origen no-ontológico. Lo que Levinas reclama como la constitución ética del ego a partir del Otro.

- by Juan Pablo Viola
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- Levinas, Karol Wojtyla, Fenomenología, Personalismo

In this article the author tries to establish how the fact of being man and woman helps in fulfillment of the human person, according to K. Wojtyła. Preliminarily, it seems that general concept of the person does not inform us about a human sex and its role in personal fulfillment. However, further analyses reveal that being man or woman constitutes two ways of being human person. They must have their roots in the metaphysical subject of suppositum. Fulfillment of the person is not a solitary achievement but depends on encounter between persons who treat themselves according to their personal status and dignity. The mature forms of this encounter include friendship and especially love. An important role is played here by love between man and woman because in this relationship two ways of being human complement each other. Also love helps each of them to actualize their human potential and unfold their personal endowments.

- by Grzegorz Holub
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- Karol Wojtyla, Antropología filosófica, Philosophy of Karol Wojtyla

Sveti Otac Ivan Pavao II smatra se jednom od najznačajnijih ličnosti 20. stoljeća. U 27 godina
svog pontifikata stekao je poštovanje svjetskih državnika i naklonost milijardi ljudi širom svijeta. Već na samom
početku se istaknuo kao jedan od najmlađih papa, prvi papa netalijan, koji je svojom neposrednošću i karizmom
širio poruke mira i u najudaljenijim dijelovima Zemlje. Njegovi govori i djela prevedeni su na više svjetskih jezika
te ga smatraju jednim od najplodnijih i najutjecajnijih suvremenih autora. Po mišljenju mnogih, svojim radom i
djelima osigurao si je mjesto ne samo u povijesti već i među svetima. Njegova smrt pogodila je milione vjernika
širom svijeta koji su zatražili hitnu beatifikaciju. Proglašenje svetim kruna je života i rada Ivana Pavla II.

- by Ivanče Božić
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- Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II

In his dialogue with classical and modern philosophy, K. Wojtyla supplements the objectivist Aristotelian teleology and corrects the reductive subjectivism of Cartesian origin. The radical trait discovered in human action consists neither in the mere exercise of a rational potency nor simply in the possession of a presence of oneself. Rather, it consists in the experience of being a person who acts and, as a result, of simultaneously knowing oneself as the source of the action and the being transformed by the very action.
In light of such a generative relationship between the person and his action, we can better understand the traits of human action: its novelty, its capacity to determine the person and its ability to communicate perfection to the point of reaching personal communion.

- by Antonio Malo
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- Psychology, Communication, Aristotle, Ethical Theory

Resumen: El centenario del nacimiento de K. Wojtyla es una buena ocasión para volver sobre su propuesta antropológica, y preguntarse si sigue siendo una respuesta significativa. El presente artículo parte de una sencilla descripción de la mentalidad actual, reconociendo en ella cinco valores o ideales. Después, presenta cinco conceptos que articulan la exposición que hace Wojtyla de la libertad en su obra más acabada, "Persona y acción", y muestra cómo interpelan a aquella mentalidad, al mismo tiempo que la obligan a ampliar sus concepciones. Esos cinco conceptos son: autodeterminación, integración, valor personalista, realización y partici-pación.

Karol Wojtyła w 1953 roku rozpoczął na Wydziale Teologicznym Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego wykłady z katolickiej nauki społecznej. Jego kurs opierał się zasadniczo na notatkach przygotowanych przez uprzedniego wykładowcę, prof. Jana Piwowarczyka, usuniętego z powodów politycznych. Przez długi czas skrypt Wojtyły nie był dostępny dla badaczy. Komentatorzy snuli różne rozważania na temat jego
zawartości. Jedni twierdzili, że Wojtyła był w tym czasie bliski marksizmowi, inni zaś kwestionowali jego autorstwo wykładów. W 2018 roku została w końcu opublikowana po polsku pełna wersja wykładów. Jak się okazuje, Wojtyła z reguły tylko powtarzał lub parafrazował materiał Piwowarczyka, choć w wielu wypadkach dodawał pewne oryginalne treści. W tym artykule analizuję te dodatki, starając się odnaleźć w nich
ślady najwcześniejszych poglądów Wojtyły. Argumentuję, że wskazują one wyraźnie na wpływy polskiego romantycznego mesjanizmu. Wojtyła w pewien sposób przekładał swoje wczesne inspiracje na język katolickiej nauki społecznej. Dlatego właśnie pisał o idei królestwa Bożego na ziemi, przyjmował naukę o misjach poszczególnych narodów i bronił religijnego znaczenia cierpienia zbiorowego.

- by Paweł Rojek
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- Catholic Social Teaching, Messianism, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla

In the short cycle of 13 catecheses written by the then Archbishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyla concerning the essence and foundation of Christianity, analyzed on the basis of the speech given by the Apostle Paul at the Areopagus in Athens , I would like to focus on the first of these catecheses, the one concerning the "unknown God", which will be the subject of this dissertation.
The depth of the themes expressed in these 13 catecheses by the then Archbishop Karol Wojtyla, especially the contents enunciated in the first of them, the one concerning the "unknown God", perfectly reflects, as recalled by Stanislaw Card. Dziwsz Archbishop Emeritus of Krakow : "his extraordinary conception of the world from the point of view of communion with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

- by Loris Derni
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- Religion, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Religion

Um grande desafio atual: viver e agir junto com os outros. Percebemos um pluralismo caracterizado pela predominância de uma heterogeneidade cujas partes são cada vez mais adversárias e individualistas. O pluralismo de pessoas humanas cede lugar ao pluralismo de coisas. Não há mais um paradigma único. Podemos viver e agir juntos? Nossa proposta é o Pluralismo Personalista.

- by Francisco Damascena
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- Karol Wojtyla, Filosofía, Antropología filosófica, Personalismo

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- by Latinoamerica Archivio
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- Latin American Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Bolivia, Ecuador

The role of subjectivity within philosophical systems, particularly within Thomism and even Thomistic personalism, is neither fully accepted nor sufficiently developed. Given the prevailing reduction of the human person to his psychological subjectivity in the contemporary western world, the issue of human subjectivity deserves a fuller examination and explanation. In this essay, we will consider the contributions of two philosophers—Jacques Maritain and Karol Wojtyla—to an incorporation of subjectivity into Thomistic personalism. While many others have made observations helpful to the understanding of one’s subjectivity—the self, the I, the ego—our thesis here is that Wojtyla alone has presented subjectivity as not merely a reflexively-considered part of his philosophical program, but has rather included subjectivity as subjectivity as a unique kind of disclosure; one which is not intentional but nevertheless a profound presence within consciousness and important for understanding the human person. Before turning to Wojtyla’s works—especially The Acting Person and his essay “Subjectivity and the Irreducible in the Human Person”—we will first take a broad look at the meaning of subjectivity, and secondly examine Maritain’s contributions from Existence and the Existent and Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry. Finally, we will conclude with Wojtyla’s contributions and a brief meditation on the role of subjectivity in the revelation of truth.

- by Brian Kemple
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- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Consciousness, Personalism

The article deals with the problem of the importance of Karol Wojtyła’s philosophy. He is shown as a thinker interested in the achievements of many philosophers throughout history, like Aristotle, St. Augustin, Thomas Aquinas, Immanuel Kant or Max Scheler. However, he is also presented as someone who undertook his own way of philosophizing
focused on the human person. Therefore the article underlines Wojtyła’s dialogue with other philosophers at the time when he was developing his own philosophical standpoint. Moreover, his philosophy is shown as a discipline associated with real problems rather than with meta-philosophical ones. The article also discusses Wojtyła’s philosophy of the human person and how it can deal with anti-personalist tendencies in contemporary philosophy. Finally, the author considers some difficulties associated with the philosophy of Wojtyła and how it should be developed in the future.

- by Grzegorz Holub
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- Personalism, Karol Wojtyla, Thomistic Personalism, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla

The “Galileo case” is still open: John Paul II’s 1979 initiative to “recognize wrongs from whatever side they come” was carried out in an unsatisfactory manner. The task would have been easy had the Pontifical Study Commission created for that purpose concentrated on the 1616 decree alone and declared it not in line with the hermeneutical guidelines of the Council of Trent, in agreement with Galileo and not with Saint Robert Bellarmine. This, however, seems to be against Church Decorum. A possible avenue to closing the “Galileo case” on the part of the Church of Rome could, thus, be to change its current defensive attitude and declare itself no longer what it was in 1616, since another such “case” is, hopefully, no longer conceivable.

- by Michael Segre
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- History, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Inquisition

In this article we aim to demonstrate the importance of Kierkegaard's thought reflected in some philosophers who represent what we know as philosophical personalism. Among them, we have chosen Martin Buber, whose reading of Kierkegaard's work is reflected in his dialogical philosophy; also, Emmanuel Mounier, who mentions in his work the clear influence of the Danish philosopher in the way of thinking the concept of the human person, which represents the foundation of philosophical personalism. In the same way, Karol Wojtyla's relationship with Kierkegaard is explored from the concept of inner autoteleology. It is a new approach that reflects the reading of Kierkegaard that the Polish philosopher-later Pope John Paul II-has kept in mind. Finally, we close with a reflection on the influence of Kierkegaard on the Swiss philosopher Max Picard, related to the concept of silence.

- by Rafael Garcia Pavon
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- Martin Buber, Personalism, Karol Wojtyla, Emmanuel Mounier

Book Review of 'Gandhi and the Popes - From Pius XI to Francis'

- by Peter Gonsalves
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- Ecclesiology, Karol Wojtyla, John Paul II/Karol Wojtyla, The Story of Jesuits