SPECIAL ISSUE: PHILOSOPHY AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE Full pdf. issue available here: vol. Anale Filosofie nr.1 pe 2024 Dan Chițoiu, Tone Svetelj, Philosophy as a Spiritual Practice Tone Svetelj, Practical Philosphy and Spiritual Exercises Dan Chițoiu, Sophia Philia as a Spiritual Exercise Timothy P. Muldoon, Spirituality as Philosophical Practice Corina Domnari, Self-Knowledge as Spiritual Practice: Ontological … [Read more…]
Manuel Sumares Abstract The issue surrounding the Name Controversy on Mount Athos in early 20th century provoked a long and systematic response from Father Sergius Bulgakov in defense of the hesychastic prayer in the Name of Jesus. Two remarkable aspects of the response deserve attention. The first is the self-conscious identification of his defense with … [Read more…]
Varghese Manimala Abstract All over the world there is a great concern about Global Warming, migration, wars, poverty, inhumanity, etc. In addition, there is a great concern about Mother Earth as it is being exploited for the sake of profit for a few, and denying opportunities and necessities to the vast majority. In this … [Read more…]
Joseph M. Forte, David Penn Abstract Drawing on a variety of philosophers from Plato to Ricoeur, the authors suggest that philosophy based on poetry or image can be intellectually valuable in the following ways: They show how an intentional approach to imagistic, spiritual philosophy can promote consideration of beauty, engage the productive imagination, and … [Read more…]
Timothy G. Patitsas Abstract Human cognition functions best when it traces a path across the three Socratic transcendentals in the unfolding sequence of Beauty, then Goodness, then Truth. I therefore describe the ideal approach to knowledge as “Beauty-First.” By analogizing the epistemological progression underlying the classical Trivium, the Eastern Orthodox Philokalia, and the method that … [Read more…]
Corina Domnari Abstract In this paper, I aim to evaluate the meaning of Gregory Palamas’ ontology of the self in the context of the semantic itinerancy between Plotinus, the first one to propose the ontological dimension of the self, and the patristic horizon. I will survey the semantic re-semanticization of terms that can be … [Read more…]
Timothy P. Muldoon Abstract In this essay, I shall use Hadot’s critical framework for considering the uneasy modern relationship between philosophy and the Christian spiritual tradition, rooted as it is in the ancient forms of spiritual exercise. I will begin with a brief sketch of this relationship, paying particular attention to some ways that … [Read more…]
Daniel Chițoiu Abstract Philosophy can be understood as a spiritual practice because the purpose of philosophizing is the cultivation of the spiritual in man, of what can be subject to improvement, and change through reorientation and purification through the recurring act of intervention-cultivation. The effect of the practice of philosophy is not a mere … [Read more…]
Tone Svetelj Abstract The resurgence of practical philosophy can be seen as a contemporary attempt to bridge the apparent gap between philosophy and spirituality. Philosophy, in its search for wisdom, misses its primary goal since the theoretical solutions do not lead to the transformation of philosophers’ lives. This article offers a view of the … [Read more…]
Dan Chițoiu, Toni Svetelj Abstract Unprecedently in the entire human history, we live in a world of abundance of information, instantaneously accessible with a few clicks on our devices. What seemed to be in the past an exclusive privilege for a limited number of educated, is now taken for granted and open to everyone … [Read more…]