Religia jako poezja? O filozofii religii George’a Santayany

Konrad Waloszczyk

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Author: Waloszczyk Konrad
Title: THE RELIGION AS THE POETRY. ABOUT PHILOSOPHY OF THE RELIGION OF GEORGE SANTAYANA (Religia jako poezja? O filozofi i religii George’a Santayany)
Source: Filo-Sofija
year: 2010, vol:.11, number: 2010/2, pages: 93-106
Keywords: RELIGIOUS DOGMA, METAPHOR, “COPERNICAN REVOLUTION” IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AND THEOLOGY
Discipline: PHILOSOPHY
Language: POLISH
Document type: ARTICLE
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Abstract George Santayana (1863–1952) has contended that religion should be seen as a kind of poetry and not as a literal truth. To him “religion, when seen to be poetry, ceases to be deceptive and therefore odious, and becomes humanly more significant than it seemed before”. I shall (1) expose reasons which have him conduced to this view, (2) compare it with the opposite doctrine of the Catholic Church and (3) conclude, that Santayana’s philosophy of religion seems to be in the age of globalization and religious pluralism of particular relevance.

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