PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL IDEAS ON THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE IN THE XVI-XVII CENTURIES: A HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS

doi:10.26565/2226-0994-2023-69-8

Olena Hudzenko Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2028-7697

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2226-0994-2023-69-8

Keywords: mystical knowledge, spiritual development, monastic asceticism, self-improvement

Abstract

The article examines the philosophical and theological heritage of the period of the XVI-XVII centuries on the territory of Ukraine. It was concluded that at this time there was a rethinking of philosophical thought, a shift from knowledge of God to emphasizing the importance of knowing a person and recognizing his self-worth. In particular, a school of traditionalism emerged with its roots in the Orthodox Byzantine-Ancient Russian tradition, which acted as an opposition to Latinized Catholicism. The author makes a philosophical analysis of the views of Vasyl Surazky-Malyushytskyi and Ivan Vyshenskyi. The first emphasizes the unattainability of God and emphasizes mystical knowledge, the second sees God in the inner essence of the human soul and defines the path to self-improvement through self-knowledge. Additional concepts are presented by hegumen Jov Pochaivskyi, Jov Kniagynytskyi, Isakiy Boryskovich and Vitaly of Dubno, who emphasize the importance of spiritual development through prayerful silence and an ascetic lifestyle. Stefan Zyzanii expresses rationalist views on eschatology, rejecting the existence of purgatory and other afterlife realities. Kasiyan Sakovich views the soul as an act of the physical body interacting with the divine essence through grace and godlikeness. In general, in the 16th-17th centuries Orthodoxy observed tendencies to preserve the religious-mystical tradition and distinguish the external and internal aspects of a person. The main emphasis was on the vision of the key element of the path to salvation in monastic asceticism.

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Author Biography

Olena Hudzenko, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University

Hudzenko Olena G.

PhD in Philosophy, associate professor

Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University

Lutsk, Chopin st., 24, 43021, Ukraine

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