Vétálapaňčavimšati ako doklad civilizačno-kultúrnych osobitostí v slovesnom zobrazení životných stratégií
The Vetalapanchavimshati as evidence of civilizational-cultural distinctiveness in the verbal representation of life strategies

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the verbal representation of life strategies in Vetalapanchavimshati, an old Indian collection of stories which is part of Somadeva’s Kathasaritsagara. On the basis of the aspect of gain ~ loss, two basic life strategies are identified. The first one, the lower strategy, is defined by an attempt to obtain material gain which is attained at the cost of spiritual loss. The second, the higher strategy, negates the first one (spiritual gain attained at the cost of material loss) and it is an internally diversified series of axiological models. The core of the study explains the combinatorial variants which, in their highest positions, even transcend the opposition of gain ~ loss. The final part of the study demonstrates intersections between the higher strategy and selected European cultural initiatives (gnosis).

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