Original scientific paper

Faith and Philosophy (from this Side and from that Side of the Mind)

Branko Despot ; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to remind us of the closeness and fundamental dif ference between faith and philosophy from this side and from that side of the mind in contrast to unity and the gradual realisable difference between one and the other in the mind's »sphere«. Moreover, it is becoming evident that criticism and autonomy of the mind necessarily lead to the impossibility of faith and philosophy alike, impossibility that follows from the freedom of the mind (will and power) as the core of nihilism. And just how God and man in nihilism are faced with the same impossibility so, with regard to the core of nihilism, from this side and from that side of the »absolute mind«, faith and philosophy meet in their (unavoidable) closeness and essential difference.

Keywords

Fides et ratio; philosophy; nihilism; autonomy

Hrčak ID:

31757

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31757

Publication date:

17.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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