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Autorytet metafizyki realistycznej
The authority of realistic metaphysics

Author(s): Andrzej Maryniarczyk
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Fundacja »Lubelska Szkoła Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej«
Keywords: metaphysics; authority; classical culture; Western civilization

Summary/Abstract: The authority of metaphysics as first philosophy, from the beginning has been associated with the philosophy of Aristotle, which dealt with cognition the world which is given to us in experience and has provided an empirical understanding of the world in the light of the ultimate causes of its existence and activities. In this way, metaphysics has become synonymous with philosophy, which distinguishes the authority of wisdom. With this type of meaning of metaphysics, which is aimed at understanding cognition the really existing world, the basis of its authority is reality.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 33-44
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish