Umbra veri. Arnobiusz i nurty filozofii klasycznej
Umbra veri. Arnobius and trends of classical philosophy

Author(s): Anna Kucz
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: classical philosophy
Summary/Abstract: The publication constitutes an attempt to show dynamics of the changes of a Europeanthough taking place in a clash of the ancient civilization with Christianity. Thework describing the very clash is Adversus Nationes by Arnobius.The author presents the views this philosopher held on a human soul, human being,its origin, as well as human condition, human fate and its images of God and gods.She shows to which extent various trends of classical philosophy reflect in conceptionsproposed by an apologist.The first chapter presents a person of a writer and a historio-literary context of thecreation of Adversus Nationes. The second chapter is devoted to a presentation ofArnobius’ views on human being creation and condition. She underlines the importanceof the knowledge of certain mechanisms that played a decisive role in shapingArnobius’ worldview (among others the influence of pre-Socratian philosophy onArnobius’ views on a human soul). The anthropological problems are discussed puttinga special emphasis on a human soul and its (im)mortality. The third chapter criticizesa pogan anthropomorphism put forward in apology. The fourth chapter raises the issuethe author calls „umbraverization” while the last two chapters touch upon human cognitivecapacity.The area linking all phenomena is a tight relationship and bonds between twopermeating worlds, an ancient and Christian one in the context of searching the truth.Despite this strong correlation in Adversus Nationes, the pressures between the formerculture of a Greek-Roman antiquity and Christian culture under development are reflected.The originality of Arnobius does not consist in a fact that he created a theologicalor philosophical work, but in basing his apology on the worldview popular in ImperiumRomanum and assumptions of classical philosophy.

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