Aristocratism of the spirit in Henryk Elzenberg's philosophy

dc.contributor.authorDomeracki, Piotr
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-03T10:52:16Z
dc.date.available2013-12-03T10:52:16Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractElzenberg’s philosophy is usually defined as perfectionism, culturalism, pessimism, conservatism, or asceticism. Despite the accuracy and validity of the above mentioned terms it seems, however, that none of them fully encompass the characteristics of the view, tending rather to focus on its given profile. One term that, in my opinion, can be regarded as a suitable candidate for the role is “aristocratism of the spirit”, which embraces perfectionism, culturalism and asceticism as well as pessimism, conservatism and outsiderism. In debating on the elzenbergian variety of this idea I would like to put forward his relation to, or entanglement with the tendency to think in the categories of the aristocratism of the spirit, that has been present since the dawn of philosophy. I use the tentative term ‘entanglement’ here, as Elzenberg in his writings never declared, either openly or indirectly, any (formal) adherence to a movement, including the movement of the aristocratism of the spirit. My ascribing Elzenberg to this movement is a convention of interpretation, imposed upon his philosophy for heuristic reasons.pl
dc.identifier.citation"Dialogue and Universalism" Vol. XIX, No. 8-9, 2009, pp. 121-133pl
dc.identifier.issn1234-5792
dc.identifier.urihttp://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/1150
dc.language.isoengpl
dc.publisherPolish SEC and Academic Publishing House Dialogpl
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectaristocratism of the spiriten
dc.subjectperfectionismen
dc.subjectculturalismen
dc.subjectindividualismen
dc.subjectasceticismen
dc.subjectcontemplationen
dc.subjectspiritual communityen
dc.subjectmonoseology (philosophy of loneliness)en
dc.subjectlonelinessen
dc.subjectalienation (stigmatization, rejection)en
dc.subjectthe life of a moben
dc.subjectthe life of a sageen
dc.subjectmoral progressen
dc.titleAristocratism of the spirit in Henryk Elzenberg's philosophypl
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepl

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