 zobacz powiększenie | DOI 10.12887/26-2013-4-104-07 Małgorzata KOWALEWSKA – “A great subject needs wide space in which to move.” On the Ancient Roots of the Medieval View of the World Cena brutto: 7,00 PLN |
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The category of space, like those of time, cause, and change, is among the most important concepts that lie at the core of the intellectual system that determines the world view characteristic of a civilization, culture or historical epoch. The view in question in turn affects the attitudes and conduct of those who have adopted it. The medieval view of the world had ancient roots. The present article discusses selected ancient literary sources, focusing on the views of the categories of material and immaterial spaces as well as on the definitions of space. The paper also provides, based on certain motifs present in works of Cicero and Pliny the Elder, a description of ancient imagery of the outer space, or the cosmos, recounts the journey of the soul through the cosmos as described by Macrobius, and relates the issue of inward space inherent in the mystic experience. Translated by Dorota Chabrajska Keywords: space, cosmos, journey of the soul, dimensions of God, transformation, world view Contact: Zakład Historii Filozofii Starożytnej i Średniowiecznej, Instytut Filozofii, Pliki do pobrania: » Antyczne.podstawy.streszczenie.pdf | |
