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…]
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…]
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…]
David Rancourt Book review MORDECAI LEE, The Philosopher-Lobbyist. John Dewey and the People’s Lobby, 1928-1940: Albany, SUNY Press, 2016, 300 p. (2024). Annals of the University of Bucharest. Philosophy Series, 72(1). https://doi.org/10.62229/aubpslxxi/1_23/7 AnnalsUnibuc-2023-01-07Rancourt
Thomas Menamparampil Abstract Conflict is an aberration in human affairs; collaboration is the law of natural human processes and collective self-enhancement. Can people be assisted to bring a non- confrontational approach to problems? Ancient epics were about daring conquests and empire-building. Modern epics have been about the struggle for freedom, emancipation and equality. Time has … [Read more…]
Diana Turcu Lucrarea Trust and Transitions: Social Capital in a Changing World cuprinde studii asupra capitalului social prezentând dezvoltarea capitalului social în câteva ţări post-comuniste (Cehia, Serbia, Muntenegru, România). Lucrarea editată de Joseph D. Lewandowski şi Milan Znoj, elaborată în cadrul Grupului pentru Cercetarea Capitalului Social (Social Capital Research Group), abordează probleme de actualitate legate … [Read more…]
Published: 2022-04-02 Articles in this issue: The Philosophy of Philokalia: The Culture and Life of Beauty in the East Natural and Theological Knowledge in Saint Maximus the Confessor and Saint Gregory Palamas