Egzegeza filozoficzna początku Genesis
A philosophical exegesis of Genesis’ beginning

Summary/Abstract: We interpret the symbolic notions from the second sentence of Genesis with the aid of philosophical concepts describing the negation of being: ‘empty’ – nothingness, ‘darkness’ – impossibility, ‘formless’ – chaos. We also discuss the more general bearing of this kind of exegesis in the philosophy of God and metaphysics. Our arguments suggest that in the metaphysical order, in which probability is treated as a category in the Aristotelian sense, the notion of probability allows to formulate a suitable explanation for the symbolism of ‘separating light from darkness.’

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