Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.48.1(95).5
In search of the meaning of life. The thought path of the philosopher Stjepan Zimmermann from scepticism to faith
Ivan Macut
orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-8902
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska
Abstract
In addition to introductory remarks and conclusions, this paper is divided into two parts. In the first chapter, entitled In Search of the Meaning of Life, we explore Zimmermann’s search for the meaning of life in his youth. Zimmermann undoubtedly moved from scepticism to faith, and philosophy and theology were very important to him. The important questions to which our philosopher sought an answer are: whence and why, and these questions are closely related to the worldview and the correctness of that worldview. The second chapter of the work, entitled The Found Meaning of Life, shows how Zimmermann, with the help of scholastic philosophy, found important answers to his youthful questions and quests. In the end, according to Zimmermann, life finds its full meaning exclusively in God, who created both the world and man, i.e. in the theistic world view, and in contrast to the materialistic world view, which Zimmermann resolutely rejects and considers erroneous. The conclusion of the work is that the young Zimmermann’s search for meaning contains at its core a cognitive problem.
Keywords
Stjepan Zimmermann; philosophy; scepticism; faith; theism; God
Hrčak ID:
284056
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Publication date:
12.7.2022.
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