PANTEIZM I ATEIZM JOHANNA WOLFGANGA GOETHEGO. ISTOTNY WKŁAD W ROZWÓJ EUROPEJSKIEJ KULTURY FILOZOFICZNEJ OD TEIZMU DO ATEIZMU
PANTHEISM AND ATHEISM OF JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE. SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHICAL CULTURE FROM THEISM TO ATHEISM
Author(s): Konrad SzocikSubject(s): Metaphysics, German Literature, Philosophy of Religion, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; religious views; theological views; Prometheus; Christian God; polemic; anthropology of religion; concept of God; nature as God’s realm; transcendence; deification of man;
Summary/Abstract: The text is an attempt to define religious and theological views of Goethe. The author’s reflections focus on Goethe’s poem “Prometheus” in which the poet polemises with the Christian idea of God. The poem outlines the anthropological genesis of religion and the concept of God. The inspiration for Goethe’s philosophical considerations was nature seen as God’s realm, the rejection of the belief that God is a transcendental being, and, consequently, the rejection of the anthropological concept deifying man. Goethe’s thought reflects a modern, European perspective concentrated on the world and man, abandoning all ideological restraints.
Journal: Slavia Occidentalis
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 68-1
- Page Range: 23-29
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Polish
