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"Is it Rational to Believe in God?". Epistemology, Metaphysics and Method in the Works of Bernard Lonergan
Nevrkla, Svatopluk ; Noble, Ivana (advisor) ; Kranát, Jan (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate interrelatedness between various concepts of God and metaphysical assumptions from which they have been derived. This will be done with special attention paid to philosophical work of Bernard Lonergan. On Lonergan's case I will show his solution of problematic presuppositions of scholastic understanding of God. In introduction I will summarize reasons that made me to choose this topic, goals of the thesis and methods I will use. First chapter will be dedicated to brief introduction of selected proofs of God's existence and their metaphysical premises on which they rest. Enlightenment critique of metaphysics will be described and its consequences for metaphysical proofs demonstrated. Second chapter will introduce context and goals of works of modern Canadian Jesuit theologian Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan and his concepts of judgement and selfXaffirmation. Third chapter will be concerned with description of Lonergan's metaphysics and finally with some criticism of Lonergan's approach from perspective of postXmodern, hermeneutic, and linguistic philosophies. In conclusion I will confront Lonergan's results with older philosophies mentioned. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The Poet of the Word: Christology in the Work of T.S. Eliot
Šmejdová, Barbora ; Pospíšil, Ctirad Václav (advisor) ; Houkal, Jan (referee)
Title: The Poet of the Word: Christology in the Work of T.S. Eliot The thesis focuses on the Christological analysis of the work of T. S. Eliot, a poet, dramatist and critic. The thesis is divided into two chapters. The first chapter describes historical and cultural background of Eliot's work, basic facts about his life and his literary and critical input. The first chapter is concluded by a reflection about the reception of T. S. Eliot in the Czech Republic and about the translation of his work to Czech. The second chapter contains the Christological analysis of Eliot's poetry and plays. The chapter starts with an analysis of Christological titles in individual poems. The second part of the chapter deals with the important moments of Jesus' life mentioned in Eliot's poems and dramas. The chapter also simultaneously contains references to particular places in the Scripture, which are relevant for given poems. Keywords Christology, T. S. Eliot, Catholic Theology, English Literature
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The term od culture in work of Václav Černý
Klinecký, Tomáš ; Matějů, Martin (referee) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor)
Ve své diplomové práci se pOkusím o interpretaci některých myšlenek v díle literárního vědce a kritika, profesora Václava Černého. Mám za to, že se jedná o poměrně originální myšlenkovou soustavu, zvláště v českém prostředí, která zajímavým zpusobem přesahuje i do oboru, který na filozofické fakultě studuji. Proč? Víc než pro většinu jiných osobností je právě kultura v Černého díle chápana nejen jako soubor uměleckých artefaktu (s ohledem na jeho zaměření převážně literárních), ale často má rozměr kulturně antropologický, jak, doufám, doložím ve své práci. Tímto antropologickým rozměrem rozumím soubor otázek či postulátu, které si člověk klade v souvislosti se svojí existencí na světě. Stává se typem přemýšlení nad životním posláním a smyslem lidského života. Něco obdobného, dle mého názoru, představoval Černého přítel - Jan Patočka - v kontextu české filozofie. U Patočky se filozofie, stejně jako u Černého kultura, nestala jenom souborem myšlenek a tezí, ale především životním postojem. Ano, duvodem mi tedy zustává i to, že Václav Černý zustal celý život věrný základním imperativum, na kterých svoje chápaní kultury a člověka vystavěl. Větší část života byl právě pro tento zásadový postoj nejruznějším zpusobem perzekuován.
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Art, avant-garde and kitsch in works of Clement Greenberg and Matei Călinescu
Taltynová, Marie ; Kulka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Dadejík, Ondřej (referee)
Bachelor thesis Art, avant-garde and kitsch in works of Clement Greenberg and Matei Călinescu deals with kitsch in relation to avant-garde and to contemporary art, and to the visual arts in general. It is primarily based on the essay Avant-Garde and Kitsch by American critic Clement Greenberg and the essay Kitsch by Romanian literary scholar Matei Călinescu. The first part is devoted to outlining the concept of kitsch according to these two theorists, with an emphasis on the thinking about the origin and nature of kitsch. The second part deals with revising Greenberg's beliefs that condemn popular culture, official culture and academism for kitsch and highlights avant-garde as the only worthy manifestation of art of his time. On this basis, the work examines why avant-garde seemed like the pure opposite of kitsch in the thirties, and why to the contrary today we find that contemporary art is often influenced by kitsch.
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Reflection of historical events in Voltaire's writing - Candide
Třísková, Eliška ; Listíková, Renáta (advisor) ; Šuman, Záviš (referee)
Title of the thesis: A reflection of historical events in Voltaire's writing - Candide Key words: Voltaire Theological questions Philosophical questions History Critique This Bachelor's thesis A reflection of historical events in Voltaire's writing - Candide deals with Voltaire's view on the contemporary and historical events in Candide. The aim of the thesis is to sum up Voltaire's basic ideas related to historical events and to provide the author's views regarding these events. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter provides a concise summary of the most important moments of Voltaire's life. The second chapter is subdivided into three sub-sections and follows up the religious questions and their impact on historical events. The first sub-section of the second chapter deals with the elementary concepts of the author concerning theological and philosophical questions. The second sub-section denounces the Leibniz's conception of the Optimism «All is good». The third sub-section provides the critique of the Inquisition. The third chapter deals with the Jesuits' missions in South America, mainly in Paraguay. In the fourth chapter we attempt to explain Voltaire's rejection of slavery. In the last chapter we try to sum up Voltaire's critic of the war. Each analysis used in the...
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Soares' Criticism of Arriaga's Conception of the Infinite
Mráz, Milan
The famous Spanish theologian and philosopher Rodrigo de Arriaga, who lived and worked for a long time in Prague in the 17th century, was one of the leading proponents of the conception of the possibility of topical infinity in the sphere of creation. He explained his concept of this topic or problem in some places of his work Cursus Philosophicus. His explanation underwent criticism by Arriaga's contemporary, the important Portugal theologian and philosopher Franciscus Soares, working in Coimbra and in Evora. The first part of this contribution contains a short overview of the development of views about the infinity in philosophy and theology since antiquity to the beginnings of the mod ern times. In the second part there are summarized the basic thoughts about the infinity in the mentioned Arriaga's work. The third and final part of the contribution deals with Soares' conception of the infinity and the criticism of Arriaga's conception of this problem.
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The poetic of primordial elements in the poetry of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Šlajchrtová, Leona ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Grauová, Šárka (referee)
The pressented thesis: " The Poetics of the primordial elements in the poetry of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen" explores the poetics of the sifnicicant Portuguese poet of the 20th century. We try to trace the literary evolution of the poetess in the thesis, we observe if there important changes appear in the poetess' manner of writing during her longstanding artistic career and, in particular, we explore the influense of the primordial elements on her poetry. At first we describe Andresen's books of poetry and we attend to the dominant themes of her creation - Nature, motifs of Ancient Greece, Christianity and the denomination of the things. In the second part of the thesis we explore the influence of the primordial elements on the poetic imagination of the poetess. We, gradually, discover the possible interpretations of the priomordial elements - water, earth, fire and air in her poetry. Our research is, to a certain extent, based on the works of the French psychologist Gaston Bachelard and the Portuguese literary critic Carlos Ceia.
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Michael Novak and his Project of Theology of Democratic Capitalism
MÍČKA, Roman
This dissertation deals with the American Catholic theologian and social thinker Michael Novak, as well as his work, which is a principal and influential contribution to Catholic social teaching. Novak is the main representative of American Catholic Neoconservatism, a stream in Catholic thought, which springs from the specific context of the experience of the American political, economical and cultural arrangement and which started to develop in the USA in connection with the American conservative revolution. Catholic Neoconservatism aims to connect Christian and liberal traditions, and it also tries to rehabilitate the system of Democratic Capitalism newly based on Christian values. Its goal is to influence all areas of Catholic social thought, which, according to Novak, needs to be developed and enriched by non-Europeans, especially from the American experience. He claims that Catholic social thought is inspired too much by Socialism and the one-hundredyear-old tradition of Papal Encyclicas has been significantly marked by a limited Eurocontinental horizon. This dissertation aims to contribute, at least partly, to the Catholic historical revision of values of classical liberalism in light of this American experience. Also Novak´s usage of theological doctrines on behalf of the democratic capitalism is interesting and not forgetable experiment in the area of the theology of terrestrial realities, despite some of its exceptions. Novak is not a great theologian, but he is especially a political scientist and economist. Therefore his theology of Democratic Capitalism should be further developed and enriched by other theologians.
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