Dziedzińce poszukujących Postęp w rozumieniu Teilharda de Chardin
Progress in the Understanding of Teilhard de Chardin

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the historical and philosophical-theological context of how the French Jesuit Teilhard de Chardin understood progress. The context is a true Courtyard of the Gentiles which for Teilhard de Chardin, a thinker and a priest, became a place for a dialogue with the people who seek the explanation of the mystery of human existence. The first courtyard of the dialogue was the philosophy of progress, changes in the world, social life, even the human being him/herself and the changes induced by science. The second courtyard is a society of theologians and believers of the first half of the 20th century who were sceptic and even hostile towards anything what meant development or progress. Teilhard de Chardin rejected the merry optimism of the first courtyard as well as the pessimism of the second. Whoever talks of progress, the French Jesuit says, should show the sense of humanity which will lead human beings out of egoism, will shape an attitude of existing for others and will show Information – a power which will overwhelm the scandal of death.

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