“Suffering is the path of consciousness.” On the Metaphysics of Suffering in Miguel de Unamuno’s Late Philosophy Cover Image
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„CIERPIENIE JEST DROGĄ ŚWIADOMOŚCI” O metafizyce cierpienia w późnej filozofii Miguela de Unamuno
“Suffering is the path of consciousness.” On the Metaphysics of Suffering in Miguel de Unamuno’s Late Philosophy

Author(s): Krzysztof Polit
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Instytut Jana Pawła II, Wydział Filozofii
Keywords: suffering; Spanish philosophy; Miguel de Unamuno; existentialism; individual

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the phenomenon of suffering in the late philosophy of Miguel de Unamuno. The mature form of philosophical views of this Spanish intellectual is rightly put in the line of existential philosophy. Their central point is the human being: the being endowed with awareness of oneself and the world. The text shows how, according to de Unamuno, consciousness is born of suffering, what the sources of suffering are, and why suffering is necessarily connected to the condition of the human being. The author also attempts to answer the question of whether Miguel de Unamuno’s philosophy of suffering can be counted among the currents of Christian philosophy.

  • Issue Year: 30/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 65-83
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish