scholarly journals Karl Jaspers i Jan Paweł II o idei uniwersytetu

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (1 Zeszyt specjalny) ◽  
pp. 439-450
Author(s):  
Zofia Zarębianka
Keyword(s):  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Karl Jaspers ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Internal System ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
The University ◽  
Idea Of The University

This article is an attempt at synthetically juxtaposing those common threads of reflection on the university and its essence which are present in the works of both Karl Jaspers and Pope John Paul II. What is striking is the similarity of the problem of the university and the understanding of its very essence by both thinkers, regardless of the different eras in which they formulated their opinions and the differences in their philosophical positions. According to both thinkers, whether the idea of the university is implemented or not is connected to its approach to questions of truth, the universality of science, the formational role of the university, the vocation and ethos of the scholar, and the internal system of the university itself. Worthy of particular attention is the responsibility of scholars, their selflessness in the search for truth, and their duty to mould the humanity of those students who are entrusted into their care. In each of these areas there is a far-reaching convergence of positions, each developed independently and in different historical contexts. This fact can be interpreted in two ways: firstly, it shows the topicality of the problems facing universities, and secondly, it shows the universality of Karol Wojtyła’s thinking, who, in his deliberations, goes beyond specific religious aspects and addresses his message as a general humanistic message to all of those who constitute a university.

John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Shadle
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
God's Grace ◽  
Centesimus Annus

Pope John Paul II wrote his 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus to offer a Catholic vision of political and economic life after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the democratization of many countries in Latin America and Asia. The encyclical provided a stronger defense of the free-market economy than had previous Catholic social teaching, and neoconservative Catholics saw it as a vindication of their views. Centesimus Annus also harshly condemns consumerism, however, and proposes that the state has a greater role in ensuring that the economy serves the common good than do the neoconservatives. John Paul II recognizes the essential role of human creativity and ingenuity in the economy, but balances this by emphasizing that the human person is the recipient of God’s grace.

REASON AND BELIEF IN GOD

2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-68
Author(s):  
Roy Clouser
Keyword(s):  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Christian Doctrine ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Belief In God ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Real Progress ◽  
Fides Et Ratio

In his article “Fides et Ratio” (Philosophia Reformata 2000, 65: 72-104), Eduardo Echeverria states he is writing out of his concern that since “”¦ the lack of unity among Christians represents the grave obstacle for the proclamation of the gospel, we should take every suitable opportunity to increase the unity of all Christians. The present essay is meant as a contribution toward this goal.” (p.72). The increased unity he has in mind is a reconciliation of the traditional scholastic interpretation of Christian doctrine (which he designates the “TSC”), and the Calvinist tradition (which I will designate the “CT”). More specifically, he seeks a unity between them concerning the relation of faith and reason, that is, the role of reason in belief in God. To this end he compares what he understands of the CT, as represented by Calvin and Dooyeweerd, with the TSC as represented by St Thomas and the encyclical, Fides et Ratio (1998) by Pope John Paul II. In all that follows I will be agreeing with Echeverria that this is, indeed, an important concern and a laudable goal, and I hope that what I offer here in reply to his essay will be taken in that same charitable spirit. So even though I find that Echeverria’s account of the differences between the TSC and the CT is seriously mistaken, I do agree that it would go a long way toward greater cooperation between our two traditions if we could at least agree on what our differences are and work toward resolving them. For that reason I will be more concerned here with clarifying those differences than with arguing for the CT. That does not mean that I will not at times offer brief accounts of why I think the CT is right to differ from the TSC on certain points; it only means that I do not regard the case I will make for these points as anywhere near complete. This brevity is made necessary because I find the misunderstandings of Calvin, and especially of Dooyeweerd, to be so many and so knotted in “Fides et Ratio” as to form a tangled skein that would require more than just one article to unravel. I have also decided that there are so many strands to this skein that for the sake of clarity I will restrict myself to only a few of them. My assumption is that it would be better to make real progress with getting a few key differences in focus, than to end up producing a tangle of my own in an attempt to cover every point raised in Echeverria’s long article. My hope is that the treatment of the points I do cover will be sufficient to indicate how a more thorough untangling would proceed.

On the Ontogeny of Persons

1995 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
Luigi Gedda
Keyword(s):  
Recent Article ◽  
Human Reproduction ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Unborn Child ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University

I would like to reply here to a number of criticisms concerning the stance taken by Pope John Paul II on the rights of the unborn child in his book Crossing the Threshold of Hope, made by Dr John Godfrey of the University of Edinburgh in a recent article entitled “The Pope and the Ontogeny of Persons” (Nature, 12 January, 1995).The accusation levelled against John Paul II is contained in the subheading of John Godfrey's article: “In the recent book… Pope John Paul II airs his views on human reproduction. The pity is that he ignores most of modern genetics and embryology”. Dr Godfrey quotes the following passages written by the Pope in Crossing the Threshold of Hope: “The concept of a ‘person’ is not only a marvellous theory; it is at the centre of the human ethos… in this field more than in any other, collaboration among pastors, biologists and physicians is indispensable”.

Polska filozofia wobec encykliki „Fides et ratio", Toruń 19-21.04.1999. Materiały Konferencji [Polish Philosophy Faces the Encyclical „Fides et ratio". Toruń, April 19th-21st, 1999. The Proceedings from the Conference Held at the University of Toruń]

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-249
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Mądel
Keyword(s):  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Monthly Review ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Polish Philosophy ◽  
Vatican City ◽  
Scientific Meetings ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fides Et Ratio

The encyclical Fides et ratio: On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason, written by Pope John Paul II in the summer of 1998 and published in the Vatican City 14th September of the same year, received considerable amount of commentaries in Poland. Several different volumes have already appeared: there are proceedings of some scientific meetings (Wiara i rozum na progu trzeciego tysiąclecia. Materiały na I Krajową Konferencję z cyklu Nauka na przełomie wieków, 6 maja 1999, Szczecin, Wydaw. Naukowe US, 1999, pp. 177; Wiara i rozum. Refleksje nad encykliką Jana Pawta II Fides et ratio. Zbiór przemówień i referatów z sesji naukowej. KUL 21 stycznia 1999, ed. by Gabriel Witaszek, Lublin 1999, KUL, pp. 160), some collected works (Rozum i wiara mowią do mnie. Wokół encykliki Jana Pawta II Fides et ratio, ed. by Krzysztof Mądel, Kraków 1999, WAM, pp. 263; Na skrzydtach wiary i rozumu, ed. by Ignacy Dec, Wroclaw, 1999, PFT, pp. 232), and a special, philosophical edition of the monthly review „Znak" (No. 527, 4/1999).

Social Ethos and Political Mission. University on the Margins

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-138
Author(s):  
Asger Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Old World ◽  
Jose Ortega Y Gasset ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Idea Of The University ◽  
Social Ethos

The idea of the university is habitually discussed in relation to German or English language classics. Instead, I will focus on the Spanish language periphery arguing that the discussions there merit attention for distinguishing between three central Old World models of the university, namely, apart from the English and the German, also a French one. Moreover, the marginal perspective stresses the social and political importance of the university. In this perspective, José Ortega y Gasset deserves attention for arguing for a university in the service of a modern republican state. Ortega stresses the importance of a cultural formation that includes the sciences to make enlightened decisions, the distinction between teaching a discipline and doing research within it, and that between a scientist doing research and a highly educated professional practitioner. Unfortunately, the role of knowledge and truth is neglected. The argument from the periphery is therefore necessary albeit not sufficient.

The Subject of Metaphysics and the Way of its Determination

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-242
Author(s):  
Jarosław Paszyński ◽  
Jacek Poznański
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Fides Et Ratio ◽  
Intellectual Climate ◽  
The Way

On the 11th of January, 2001 the Philosophical Circle of the University School of Philosophy and of Education Ignatianum in Cracow organised a philosophical symposium on: The subject of metaphysics and the way of its determination. This problem seems important nowadays, although it has been discussed throughout the whole philosophical tradition. Solutions concerning basic philosophical problems have their impact on the understanding of reality, first of all the human being and the culture created by him which is expressed in knowledge, morality, arts and religion. Reflection on the foundations of philosophy is especially important in the contemporary intellectual climate which is dominated by relativism and nihilism. This is demonstrated by Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Fides et Ratio, which also proposes the way of overcoming the crisis through the return to the philosophy of being, that is metaphysics. The guests invited to the symposium belong to the above-mentioned philosophical trend.

Clashing Temporalities of Public Mourning: Warsaw after the Death of Pope John Paul II

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Brzozowski
Keyword(s):  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The Status ◽  
Institutional Church

Public mourning in Poland after the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005 acquired the status of a “Second Holy Week,” but not only because of the role of the institutional Church. The performative dynamics of spontaneous embodied mourning in response to the passing of the Pope warrant close scrutiny as the interactions of individual mourners were appropriated by normative forces that shaped subsequent commemorative behaviors.

scholarly journals Piotr skarga w nauczaniu Jana Pawła II w jego podróżach do ojczyzny /

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 711-730
Author(s):  
Jan Okoń
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The Creation

Summary This article is continuation of the writer’s research into the role of Piotr Skarga in the thought and teaching of Pope John Paul II. The results of the initial investigations focused on the creation of the character of Skarga in Karol Wojtyła’s juvenile drama Jeremiah (1940) were presented in a paper read at a conference on Piotr Skarga at the Ignatianum Academy in Cracow in May 2012. Now, having assumed that Karol Wojtyła read Skarga’s Sermons already in his schooldays, the writer of this article combs all of John Paul II’s statements for references to the famous 16th-century Jesuit preacher. Then the references are traced to the original and subjected to a systematic review aimed at establishing their structure and role in articulating John Paul II’s message for his audiences, and in a broader sense, for Poland. The article also considers other, analogous occasions when the Pope chose not to reach out to the Skarga armory, although he could well have done so.

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