Revenge in the terms of Felix Koneczny, St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Jacques Rousseau – comparison issues Cover Image

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Revenge in the terms of Felix Koneczny, St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Jacques Rousseau – comparison issues

Author(s): Anna Wybraniec
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Fundacja »Lubelska Szkoła Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej«
Keywords: revenge; blood revenge; virtue of revenge; clan revenge; righteousness; fellowship

Summary/Abstract: The article compares the descriptions of revenge presented in works of Feliks Koneczny, St. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Although this thinkers consider the problem from different points of view, they are mutually agreed and mutually reinforcing on many issues. This is the case of Koneczny and St. Thomas. Thanks to their works we learn how to misunderstood revenge, the foundations of which we should see in social justice and solidarity, may cause disastrous consequences for society. Polish thinker presented the evolution of revenge in the primary associations and evil that was carrying with it. Whereas Aquinas considered the revenge from the moral point of view. He explained when it becomes a good action, and when it can be a sin. Jean-Jacques Rousseau presented an entirely different from the Christian thought philosophical point of view. In this article it was stressed that his conclusions doesn’t coincide with the views of the two other thinkers.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 361-378
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish