How the Great Ideas Can Help Resolve the Contemporary Decline of the West

Wojciech Daszkiewicz

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Pages:: 96–111

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004468016_008

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For many decades, the crisis of Western civilization has been a ubiquitous theme in scholarly discussions. In this chapter, some manifestations of that crisis are examined. It is shown that the philosophical basis of this dialogue chiefly consists in an anthropological errors; i.e., a misunderstanding of human nature that results in erroneous conceptualizations of the ideas of religion and freedom. At the root of the crisis lies an erroneous anthropology essentially connected to a rejection of human beings as metaphysical animals. This chapter explains the nature of this mistaken understanding of the human person and attempts to show how ways how to remedy the mistake.

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The Great Ideas of Religion and Freedom

A Semiotic Reinterpretation of The Great Ideas Movement for the 21st Century

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 369, Philosophy and Religion, Volume: 369, and Value Inquiry Book Series Online

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 17 Jul 2021

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