Review article

Aberrations of the “Utopian Mind” and the Courage of Doing Philosophy

Šimo Šokčević orcid.org/0000-0002-8171-3437 ; J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, Đakovo, Croatia

Abstract

Courage in the approach and telling the truth are two foundations of philosophical inquiry. This includes a critique of all those phenomena that have an impact on man and his position in the cosmos. In this article, we examine one of these phenomena, so-called the “utopian mind”. Our wish is to show negative consequences of the “utopian mind” in order to reveal the causes of its appearance. We conclude that the cause of the “utopian mind” could be found in the absence of properly understood courage to be, which is based on humility and overcoming of selfish, narrow interests as they inevitably lead our own existence into nothingness.

Keywords

“utopian mind”; courage; philosophy; παρρησία; pride; humility

Hrčak ID:

139102

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/139102

Publication date:

27.1.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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