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THE ARCHAIC PERCEPTION OF DEATH —AN INTEGRATED MODEL
THE ARCHAIC PERCEPTION OF DEATH —AN INTEGRATED MODEL

Author(s): Andrey I. Matsyna
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: metaphysics of overcoming; thanatological concepts; funeral rites; death; initiation; return ontology

Summary/Abstract: Studies of ancient funerary rituals lead to the philosophical problem of the opposi-tion of life and death. Ancient cultural forms that remove this opposition are based on the specifically irrational and correlate with irrational ideas about the soul and its desti-nation after death. The modern rational mind eliminates these forms. Based on an ontologically balanced paradigmatic synthetic approach, considering the features of ontology and myth, a dynamic model of the archaic perception of death—metaphysics of overcoming—was formed. This integrated model most accurately reflects the pre-philosophical way of the transcendence of the being. The metaphysics of overcoming can be the core of the ancient ritual comprehension theory.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 68-77
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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