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Dharma sprzed abhidharmy

Krzysztof KOSIOR

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 1 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Dharma before the Abhidharma: The paper deals with the issue as to whether early Buddhism can be defined as a philosophy or as a religion. My analysis starts with the definition of the Buddha as the discoverer of the Dharma — the ancient and ennobling path (purāṇa‑, ariya‑magga) — which has made…

Kleopatra i eros w Żywocie Antoniusza. O nadinterpretacji dzieła Plutarcha

Lucyna KOSTUCH

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Cleopatra and Eros in Plutarch’s Antonius. On overinterpretation of Plutarch’s work Historians, writers and artists who wanted to pay homage to Cleopatra once again, referred to and still refer to Plutarch’s Life of Antony, first and foremost. It can seem that this main, if not the only ancient…

Kilka uwag na temat polemiki Plutarcha ze stoikami

Michał DAMSKI

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Some comments on the polemics of Plutarch with Stoics The purpose of this article is to briefly discuss several key anti-stoic arguments presented in Plutarch’s polemical texts — De stoicorum repugnantiis and De communibus notitiis adversus stoicos. The paper argues that the polemic against…

Portret Herodota w świetle traktatu De Herodoti malignitate Plutarcha z Cheronei

Anna Marchewka

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Portrait of Herodotus in the light of Plutarch’s treatise De Herodoti malignitate As a Platonist and moralist Plutarch paid particular attention truth. No wonder that in his reference to Herodotus’ Histories he took into consideration the issue of historical truth, which was for him very important…

Obraz wojny domowej z lat 83-82 przed Chr. w Żywocie Lucjusza Korneliusza Sulli Plutarcha z Cheronei

Tomasz ŁADOŃ

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

An image of the civil war of the years 83–82 BCE in Plutarch’s the Life of Sulla The author of this article is interested in how Plutarch of Chaeronea created the picture of the Sullan War in Parallel lives, especially in the Life of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Firstly, the author notes that in…

Klasyfikacja doktryn buddyjskich według Zongmiego a istota religii

Kamil NOWAK

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Nierozróżniający wgląd w medytacji buddyzmu chan i jego wczesnobuddyjskie analogie

Kamil NOWAK

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 1 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Undifferentiating insight in the Chan Buddhist meditation and its early Buddhist analogies: In the paper a comparative analysis of Chan Buddhist meditation and the early Buddhist meditation has been conducted. In the first part the meditational instructions present in Zuochan yi and the…

Soteriologiczny paradygmat wadżrajany

Marek SZYMAŃSKI,

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 1 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

The soteriological paradigm of Vajrayāna: The purpose of the paper is to determine the distinctive soteriological paradigm of Tantric Buddhism. The view of Shinichi Tsuda is critically analyzed. The belief that symbols of Buddhahood are essential to achieve Buddhahood appears specific for…

Polemika przeciwko polemice. Plutarcha krytyka epikureizmu

Krzysztof ŁAPIŃSKI

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Polemic against polemics. Plutarch’s attacks on Epicureanism Plutarch’s attitude toward Epicurean philosophy is extremely hostile. According to him, at the core of Epicureanism is subversiveness, an attempt to attack the most fundamental components of Greek culture: traditional morality, religious…

Philosophia fundamentalis Friedricha Adolfa Trendelenburga

Wojciech Hanuszkiewicz

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2083-6635 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (1802–1872) is an author who connects two periods. On the one hand, he attended the lectures of one of the first followers of Immanuel Kant — Karl Leonhard Reinhold, he knew personally and was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von…

Obrona jedności bytu w Brahmasiddhi Maṇḍanamiśry. Przykład argumentacji scholastycznej

Paweł SAJDEK

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 1 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

A defense of the unity of being in the Brahmasiddhi of Manḍanamiśra. An example of scholastic argumentation: Chāndogyopaniṣad 6 comprises as many as two out of six renowned “great sayings” (mahā‑vākya): tat tvam asi and ekam evādvitīyam. The question arises as to whether the declared in śruti unity…

Widzenie pustki a doświadczenie mistyczne – przypadek madhjamaki

Krzysztof JAKUBCZAK

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 1 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Seeing of emptiness and mystical experience — the case of Madhyamaka: The problem of Buddhist religiosity is one of the most classic problems of Buddhist studies. A particular version of this issue is the search for mystical experience in Buddhism. This is due to the conviction that mystical…

Potyczki Kryszny z Buddą. Kilka uwag o polemicznej wymowie Bhagawadgity wobec wczesnego buddyzmu

Przemysław SZCZUREK

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 1 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Krishna’s skirmishes with the Buddha. Remarks on the polemical meaning of the Bhagavadgītā towards early Buddhism: The paper discusses the issue of the confrontation of the Bhagavadgītā with some aspects of the early Buddhist doctrine as presented in the Pāli canon. The confrontation points to the…

Ist die Heideggersche Philosophie des Seyns Mystik?

Łukasz KOŁOCZEK

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Is Heidegger’s philosophy of Being (Seyn) a mystique? In this article I examine whether late Heidegger’s philosophy (Gesamtausgabe volumes 65–74) can be called a mysticism. For serious reasons the answer should be negative. Heidegger’s early statements relating to the mystique are very…

Plutarch i jego praktyczne znaczenie: bonae litterae Erazma z Rotterdamu

Dawid NOWAKOWSKI,

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Plutarch and the practical dimension of his oeuvre: bonae litterae of Erasmus of Rotterdam The present essay aims to study the peculiarities of Plutarch’s impact on the works of Erasmus of Rotterdam, and the importance of the Cheronean for the Erasmian concept of bonae litterae. The paper starts by…

Czy Budda praktykował ascezę w okresie poprzedzającym jego przebudzenie? Krytyczna analiza sutty Māhasīhanāda ze zbioru Majjhimanikāya

Grzegorz POLAK

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 1 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Did the Buddha practice asceticism prior to his awakening? A critical analysis of the Māhasīhanāda Sutta from the Majjhima Nikāya: It is widely believed, that the Buddha practiced the most radical forms of asceticism and self‑mortification prior to his awakening. A critical analysis of the suttas…

Plutarch w Semeioseis gnomikai Teodora Metochitesa

Katarzyna JAŻDŻEWSKA

Argument, Vol. 7 No. 2 · 2017 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Plutarch in Semeioseis gnomikai of Theodor Metochites The paper focuses on the reception of Plutarch’s Moralia in Theodore Metochites’ Semeioseis gnomikai. It discusses chapter 71 of Metochites’ work, one of several chapters focused on ancient authors, which is dedicated to Plutarch. Metochites…

Pascal’s wager: tracking an intended reader in the structure of the argument

Iva SVAČINOVÁ

Argument, Vol. 6 No. 2 · 2016 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Pascal’s wager is the name of an argument in favor of belief in God presented by Blaise Pascal in §233 of Thoughts. Ian Hacking (1972) pointed out that Pascal’s text involves three different versions of the argument. This paper proceeds from this identification, but it concerns an examination of…

Tagore and the academic study of religion

Abrahim H. KHAN

Argument, Vol. 6 No. 1 · 2016 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), at about the start of the nineteenth century, was advocating that the study about religion has to be included in university‑level education in the East. The university he envisioned and founded (Visva‑Bharati) included in its curriculum such a study. Shortly after…

Bóg spoza nawiasu egzystencji. Max Scheler – mistyka czy fenomenologia aktowego zjednoczenia?

Jaromir BREJDAK

Argument, Vol. 6 No. 2 · 2016 · Polandia · DOAJ Scopus

This article presents in the first part the concept of Schelerian phenomenology of religion and claims that pre‑phenomenon of Holiness could not be take in the bracket of existence as usual because the religious act raised by Holiness itself is an heteronomic act of God‑Holiness realized in the man…