THE THEORY OF MAN IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SKOVORODA

by

Taras Zakydalsky

 

Submitted to the Department of Philosophy
Bryn Mawr College
in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts

May, 1965

Skovoroda
Note to the reader: Original pagination numbers of the dissertation are within brackets, e.g. [34]. Footnote references to Skovoroda's works are to the two volume edition published in 1961 (see bibliography under "Primary Sources") by volume and page number. Thus, "I, p. 39" refers to Volume I, page 39. Transcribed into hypertext by Andrew Chrucky, July 25, 2004.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION  [1]

  1. INTERPRETATIONS OF SKOVORODA'S THOUGHT  [9]
    1. Skovoroda as an Eclectic Thinker [9]
    2. Skovoroda as a Rationalist  [11]
    3. Skovoroda as a Mystic [13]
    4. Doctrinal Emphases [25]
      1. The Ethical Emphasis  [25]
      2. The Epistemological Emphasis [27]
      3. The Anthropological Emphasis  [28]
  2. METAPHYSICS  [37]
    1. The Rejection of the Pantheistic Interpretation  [38]
    2. The Dualism of God and the World  [41]
    3. The Dualism of Idea and Matter  [42]
    4. The Individuality of Things [48]
  3. MAN'S ONTOLOGICAL STRUCTURE  [55]
    1. The Body [59]
    2. "The Heart"  [63]
    3. "The Outer Heart" [66]
    4. "The Inner Heart"  [67]
    5. Conclusion  [74]
  4. HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH  [79]
    1. The Nature of Faith  [82]
    2. The False Faith  [86]
    3. The True Faith  [90]
    4. The Second Birth [94]
    5. Conclusions  [98]
  5. ETHICS  [104]
    1. The Concept of Happiness  [104]
    2. The Ways of Self-fulfilment [109]
      1. The Personal Vocation [109]
      2. Relation to Society  [112]
      3. Relation to the Body and the Sensible World [114]
    3. The Problem of Evil  [114]
    4. Conclusion  [116]
  6. SKOVORODA'S  INFLUENCE   [120]
BIBLIOGRAPHY  [128]