Aquino, ranhilio, karol wojtyla s philos ophy of the acting person, in the thomasian philosopher, vol. Acting person by karol wojtyla the links contained inside the table of contents and the chapters will not work. Karol wojtyla s philosophical legacy, center for research in values and philosophy at catholic university of america, 2008. The closing chapters look at wojtyla s role at the second vatican council, examine his poetic works, and place his thought in dialogue with contemporary philosophy. John paul ii and the mystery of the human person america. The ithou relation and the weattitude in social life in his book, the acting person, wojtyla 1979a is primarily interested in developing a theory of human subjectivity as it is constituted through existence and agency. The notions of the human person and human dignity in aquinas. Scheler, formalism in ethics and nonformal values, of tr m s frings.
The conversion of the acting person according to karol wojtyla john paul ii and bernard lonergan deborah savage new york. Aug 20, 2009 wojtyla notes that the general approach is that the act presupposes the person. The acting person is the english edition of osoba i czyn, which is cited in the following notes. There are many works dedicated to the thought of karol wojtyla. The richness of the human person cannot be encapsulated in words but in what he calls the experience of man. Cognition of the person rests on the experience of man 3. The conception of person and action to be presented in this study part one. An important feature of the work is that the authors rely on the original polish text, osoba i czyn, as well as the best translations into italian and spanish, rather than. The acting person analecta husserliana, 10 karol wojtyla, andrzej potocki on. Euthanasia, assisted suicide, and the philosophical.
The acting person will be of great interest to philosophers, anthropologists, and scholars specializing in phenomenology. Karol wojtylas philosophy of community and the subsaharan ethic known as. An analysis of efficacy in the light of human dynamism chapter 3. This work provides a clear guide to karol wojtyla s principal philosophical work, person and act, rigorously analyzing the meaning that the author intended in his exposition. The acting person by pope john paul ii, unknown edition. The stages of comprehending and the lines of interpretation 4. Karol wojtyla, john paul ii, is a polish philosopher who as a man of letters and a churchman has managed to combine an extraordinary spectrum of activities within a single life. After the publication of the acting person, there were several articles written by him on the problem of intersubjectivity. The transcendence of the person in action and mans self. Mans experience of anything outside of himself is always associated with the experience of himself, and he never. The conversion of the acting person according to karol wojtylajohn paul ii and bernard. The conversion of the acting person according to karol wojtyla john paul ii and bernard lonergan. The starting point of the analysis of the person is the experience of existing and acting together with others.
Aug 17, 2009 karol wojtyla, in his life before his election as pope john paul ii, was a highly regarded philosopher in the catholic university of lublin. Chapter i focuses on an evaluation of wojtyla s personalism, articulated in the acting person 1969. Person, love and act in karol wojtyla catholic preaching. Penulis sangat tertarik dengan pemikiran karol wojtyla tentang teori partisipasi dalam karyanya dalam the acting person. As suppositum metaphysicum, the spirit constitutes the person s wealth and that of its acts.
Karol wojtyla on the metaphysics of the person core. The acting person in the aspect of of consciousness chapter 2. Acting person in purgatory note to readers of the english text there is an old joke that the then cardinal carol. Karol wojtyla, between phenomenology and scholasticism.
The uniqueness of persons in the life and thought of karol. The middle chapters explore in depth two of the popes central philosophical and theological conceptionshuman love and the acting person. Peter lang, 2008 290 pages the world of commerce and the world of theology rarely meet in the same person, so, when they do, it behooves us to take notice, for that person will, it is hoped, be able to. In his book, the acting person, wojtyla 1979a is primarily. Bibliography we turn now briefly to what literature will help us. Pdf the acting person karol wojtyla vincent imperial.
Pdf karol wojtylas concept of the acting person arnel. The person and community karol wojtyla s analysis of the person begins with the starting point of knowledge experience. Karol wojtylajohn paul iis idea of ultimate reality and meaning. The enduring relevance of karol wojtylas philosophy. Karol wojtyla s person and act on the 50th anniversary of the publication of the work november 8 9, 201 presov, slovakia conference organizers greckokatolicka teologicka fakulta presovska univerzita v presove, slovensko greekcatholic theological faculty, university of presov in presov, slovakia. Karol wojtyla s christian personalism a thesis presented to the department of philosophy immaculate conception major seminary tabe, guiguinto, bulacan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree bachelor of arts major in philosophy by francis edward aranez baasis february 1, 2015. Wojtylas treatise, the acting person, is a philosophical investigation into the nature of human action. Karol wojtylas personalism and kantian idealism ssrn papers. Consciousness and efficacy one the acting person in the aspect of consciousness 1. Artikel ini membahas gagasan karol wojtyla tentang the acting person yang diletakan dalam konteks migran dan sukarelawan kemanusiaan di. Life and work born in 1920 in wadowice, poland, some thirty miles from cracow, karol wojtyla has been profoundly marked by the sufferings and aspirations of his countrys history. However, this project eventually leads him to a consideration of the social life of the acting person. Only the human being can love, and only the person is able to bring into this world another person capable of yet more love.
Thomas did not experience the same horrors and violence inflicted against the human person, wojtyla was both a witness to and a victim of these horrors. See deborah savage, the subjective dimension of human. The historical wealth of the expressionhuman act 2. John paul ii is a great man, but even more, he is a believer in our own greatness as human beings. Polish philosopher of thomistic orientation krapiec commenting. The acting person is a modified version of karol wojtyla s osoba i czyn originally published in 1969. Pdf karol wojtyla s personalist philosophy book download. A contribution to phenomenological anthropology analecta husserliana february 28, 1979, springer hardcover in english 1 edition. Ioannes paulus ii, born karol jozef wojtyla was elected pope at the. Cognition of the person rests on the experience of man. Karol wojtyla pope john paul ii, the acting person, analecta husserliana. In this paper we will be trying to demonstrate and analyze some passages where attempts at carrying out this need and necessity are undertaken.
This issue has been given limit ed attention in modern. The thought of the man who became pope john paul ii. Buttiglione, rocco, karol wojtyla the thought of the man w ho. The acting person, translated by andrzej potocki and edited by annateresa tymieniecka. The english translation fails to capture wojtyla s thesis.
O kierowniczej lub sluzebnej roli rozumu w etyce na tie pogladow tomasza z akwinu, humes i kants on the directive or menial role of the intellect in ethics, on the background of the views of thomas aquinas, hume and kant, roczniki filozoficzne kul 6 1958 z. Karol wojtyla 19202005, who came to be known as pope john paul ii, shared in the process. For karol wojtyla, the originating and unifying principle of both human activations and human actions is the spiritual soulthe principle of ones dynamic substantial existence as a person while the principles governing each of those two kinds of activity are the particular powers of the soul in its union with the body in the case of human. As you have access to this article, a pdf of this content is available in through the. His major philosophical work is person and act, published in 1969, to which i here begin to set myself.
In the acting person, a work first published in polish in 1969 before he became pope, cardinal wojtyla expounded a theory of the person as a selfdetermining agent that realizes itself through. Karol wojtyla on the metaphysics of the person 101 the necessity of metaphysics in the philosophy of the human person. First, it presents karol wojtyla as a framer of the lublin philosophical school, to which he was affiliated for 24 years before being elected pope john paul ii. Karol wojtyla the jewelers shop desales university.
Acting person implies acting consciously, which is not the approach that wojtyla takes. It will also be of deep concern to theologians, priests, seminarians, and members of religious orders who wish to gain an insight into pope john paul iis philosophy of life. The conception of person and action to be presented in this study. For many christians, he is the cornerstone of their faith lives, and this book not only is faithful to his philosophy but is a good source of spiritual reflection. Karol wojtyla john paul iis idea of ultimate reality and meaning alice ramos, dept. The stages of comprehending and the lines of interpretation. Karol wojtyla s personalist philosophy reflects on a great theologians understanding of the human person and human actions, and john paul ii is a paragon of the ezamined life. Wojtyla s personalism, articulated in the acting person 1969. Rather, he approaches the person by first studying an act, analyzing it, discerning its human element, and then finding the person who lies behind the act.
Amid his duties he found some time to participate in the phenomenological movement. Ioannes paulus ii, born karol jozef wojtyla was elected pope at the conclave of 16 october 1978, and he took the name of john. Preliminary we can ask about karol wojtylas sources of metaphysical formation. His will instead be a study of the act as revealing the person, a study of the person by means of his or her actions. The last section of the acting person is dedicated to participation. Anateresa tymieniecka, the editor, changed important philosophical terminology suppositum, esse, etc.
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