The Four or Five Elemental Presence in the Micro and Macro Dimensions of Human Existence Cover Image

Четири- или петелементалното присъствие в микро- и макроизмеренията на човешкото съществуване
The Four or Five Elemental Presence in the Micro and Macro Dimensions of Human Existence

Author(s): Valeri Ivanov
Subject(s): Philosophy, Non-European Philosophy
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: four five element; elemental; traditional; existence; culture; philosophy; explain; reality; translate; perception; contemporary; tie; value; question

Summary/Abstract: The ratio of simple and elementary constructive qualities creates complex interrelationships and dependencies that make our world independent of whether we look at its micro- or macro-specificity. Traditional Chinese „five elements“ have always sought their comparison with the „four elements“, building the traditional pattern of existence in Western culture and philosophy. Does the explanation of the world and its existence can lead to a different reality, transformed into the creative reproduction of our inner or outer world ?! How can we „translate“ the traditional culture of the perceptions that make up this world to find their adequate and faithful expression in our contemporary relationships of global ties and values ?! These are questions of the East-West meeting today or tomorrow.