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Filozofia pokoju św. Augustyna
St. Augustine’s Philosophy of Peace

Author(s): Andrzej Sylwestrzak
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Philosophical Traditions, Roman law
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Elbląskiej w Elblągu
Keywords: St. Augustine’s Philosophy of Peace; metodological assumptions; dialectics of war and peace; Peaceful Christan Family; the surces of Law; the Idea of peaceful developmnt

Summary/Abstract: The article introduces the analysis of the idea of peace in connection with the basic methodological assumptions of St. Augustine. It considers such aspects as the dialectics of war and peace, the principle of rational activity of human being and the society, the principle of peaceful Christian family and the principle of justice based on peace.The theory of hierarchy of the sources of law has been based on the the idea of peaceful development of the state and its society. The conclusions bring the discussion of the peaceful idea of freedom which is a condemnation of slavery and marks a passage to a new political formation based on universal freedom.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 471-483
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish