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The Representation of Philosophical Disciplines in Stjepan Matičević’s Opus
Hrvoje Potlimbrzović
orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-3108
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Stjepan Matičević (1880–1940), philosopher and pedagogue, has left a broad philosophical opus, but until now he has been acknowledged mainly as a logician, philosopher of education, and a philosopher of culture, which calls for a more thorough investigation of the philosophical disciplines he addressed.
With regard to logic, philosophy of education, and philosophy of culture, this article has shown the presence of these three philosophical disciplines in at least ten of Matičević’s works that have not been mentioned by previous researchers when referring to his philosophical reflections. Matičević defines logic as a science that enhances cognition, and in so doing relies on traditional logic, also considering the relation of logic and psychology. As a philosopher of education, he has focused on the essence of education, while as a philosopher of culture, he emphasises that philosophy has a crucial role in defining cultural values.
However, Matičević was also an ethicist, aesthetician, political philosopher, existential philosopher, and a philosopher of film. His ethical thought is marked by the establishment of the supreme ethical values (good and righteousness), as well as an attitude that society is the source of morality. Regarding aesthetics, Matičević considered beautiful to be the supreme aesthetic principle, but he also maintainted that an artist had to be productive, original, and creative. Matičević’s immersion in political philosophy is evident in his opinions on war (an event with negative but also positive effects), democracy (a preferable social system), liberalism (a preferable worldview), and exclusive nationalism and cosmopolitism (the worldviews he criticises because he sees them as extremes).
The presence of existential philosophy in Matičević’s work is demonstrated by the statements on sense, as well as the observations on the modern time crisis, characterised by Nothing, anxiety, and despair, which he recorded in 1936. Finally, in 1926, Matičević emerges as a philosopher of film: he contemplated the essence of film, viewing it from an aesthetic perspective.
Matičević’s knowledge of history of philosophy is confirmed by his opinions on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Kant, Hegel, Herbart, and Nietzsche. Nevertheless, he was well acquainted with the philosophical views of his contemporaries, especially Edmund Husserl and Benedetto Croce, which is why he falls among the Croatian thinkers whose work includes one of the earliest receptions of these two philosophers in Croatia.
Furthermore, his philosophical interest also included Croatian philosophical heritage, as well as the philosophical reflections of his Croatian contemporaries. He wrote articles on Ruđer Josip Bošković and Gjuro Arnold, while in some of his texts, he presented his views on Franjo pl. Marković, Albert Bazala, and Pavao Vuk-Pavlović.
Ključne riječi
Stjepan Matičević; logic; ethics; aesthetics; political philosophy; existentialism; philosophy of education; philosophy of culture; philosophy of film; history of philosophy; history of Croatian philosophy
Hrčak ID:
254878
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Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2020.
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