Individualism in Karel Vorovka's Scepsis and Gnosis

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Individualism in Karel Vorovka's Scepsis and Gnosis

Original language description

The article traces elements of individualism in Scepsis and Gnosis, the main work of the Czech mathematician and philosopher Karel Vorovka (1879-1929). The goal is to describe the specific form in which individualism manifests itself in Vorovka&apos;s thinking and how it differs from radical individualism, as described by Masaryk in his Humanistic Ideals. For this purpose, the article presents an analysis of two main concepts of Vorovka&apos;s work - the concepts of conviction and gnosis. The purpose of conviction is to differentiate the philosopher from the rest of the society by creating his identity and &quot;sealing it&quot; in front of both himself and other people, and for this reason the author considers it an individualistic theme. Gnosis is Vorovka&apos;s method of how one can achieve an authentic conviction, which is by committing individual acts of faith and by attempting autognosis - mystic attempts at attaining self-knowledge. In the final section, Vorovka&apos;s individualistic position is analysed as diverging from the position of radical individualism, which Masaryk in his Humanistic Ideals practically equates with solipsism and ethical egoism.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-14180S" target="_blank" >GA19-14180S: Individualism in the Czechoslovakian philosophy 1918-1948</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Filosofický časopis

ISSN

0015-1831

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

69

Issue of the periodical within the volume

mimořádné číslo 1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

69-79

UT code for WoS article

000754718200007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85112767541