The conceptual Apparatus in the Discourse of Ukrainian church Intellectuals of the 17th century: towards the Problem Statement
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https://doi.org/10.22240/sent34.01.132Keywords:
the good, lexeme, concept, text, Early Modern Ukrainian culture, Ukrainian philosophyAbstract
The article claims the necessity of reflection on those meanings which were given in the 17-18th centuries to the words/concepts/terms used nowadays. The author confirms that the identity of the old semantic content comparing to some interpretations seems illusory. Therefore, researchers working with the old texts often fill them with non-core meanings. Thus the culture of 17-18th centuries can be unjustifiably upgraded and even distorted.
According to the author’s hypothesis, the analysis devoted to the correlation of some abstract concepts with already established lexemes among the Ukrainian intellectuals who only started acquiring its terminological nature, will facilitate future investigation of philosophical elements of thinking in Early Modern Ukrainian culture. Indeed, their ability to feel the nuances of philosophical and theological notions signifies (1) certain skills of “philosophizing”; (2) conscious reception of “another” multi-confessional and foreign sources; (3) understanding the subtle semantic text modulations. Finally, we can reasonably assume that clear distinction of meanings concerning same words depending on the level of word consumption (ordinary or “high” theological-philosophical) is the marker that indicates the beginning of conscious philosophizing.
As an example, the concepts of “good” (dobro) and “boon” (blago), in the early 17th century are usually synonymous and refer solely to different language usage (respectively, ancient Ukrainian and Church Slavonic). However, by the end of the century the “good” is gradually established as the reference to moral virtues and material attractiveness, and the “boon” as the reference to heavenly (metaphysical) gifts and expectations of the bliss of “future age”.References
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Chyzhevsky, D. (2005). On the characterology of Slavs. Ukrainians. [In Ukrainian]. In D. Chyzhevsky, Philosophical works in 4 vol. (Vol. 2, pp. 36-42). Kyiv: Smoloskyp.
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Gorsky, V. (1996b). How is history of Ukrainian philosophy possible in the context of world culture. [In Ukrainian]. Dialogue of cultures. Ukraine in the global context: collection of papers, 2, 44-51.
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Korzo, М. (1999). Image of the Person in 17th Century Sermons. [In Russian]. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy Press.
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Plokhy, S. (2005). The Cossaks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Кrytyka.
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Stratii, I. (2000). The philosophy at Kyiv Mohyla Academy. In V. Gorskiy (Ed.), Kyiv in the history of philosophy of Ukraine. (pp. 73-129). [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: KM Academia, & Pulsary.
Stratii, I. (2003). Philosophy of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. [In Ukrainian]. In V. Smoliy & other. (Eds.), The history of Ukrainian culture in 5 volumes (Vol. 3, pp 575-610). Kyiv: Naukova dumka.
Stratii, I. (2010). Philosophy in Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: What was it and How to achieve a correct view of it? [In Ukrainian]. Kiev Academy, 8, 139-150.
Symchych, M. (2012). “Ukrainian philosophy”: historical and philosophical canon or research project? [In Ukrainian]. Humanitarni studii, 12, 87-91.
Sysyn, F. (2006). Fatherland in Early Eighteenth-Century Ukrainian Political Culture. [In Ukrainian]. Ukraina Moderna, 10, 7-18.
Tairova-Yakovleva, T. (2013). Ivan Mazepa and the Russian Empire. The history of “treason”. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: Klio.
Vorgrimler, H. (2005). Nowy Leksykon Teologiczny. Warszawa: VERBINUM.
Yakovenko, N. (2009). Choice of Name versus Choice of Path: The Names of Ukrainian Territories from the Late Sixteenth to the Late Seventeenth Century. [In Ukrainian]. In О. Betliy, & К. Dysa (Eds.), Intercultural Dialogue: Т. 1: Identity (pp. 57-95). Kyiv: Spirit and Letter.
Yakovenko, N. (2012). “The owners of the fatherland”: the idea of Cossack and Church elite of Hetman of nature and responsibilities of government representation (before the 18th). [In Ukrainian]. In N. Yakovenko, Mirrors of Identity. Studies in the History of Concepts and Ideas in Ukraine (16th through the Early 18th Century) (pp. 397-426). Kyiv: Laurus.
Yaremenko, M. (2012). For “the Honor of the House”, for “Benefit of the Fatherland” and “at the State Service” (the Cossak`s Nobility for schooling in the Eighteenth Century). [In Ukrainian]. In M. Drozdowski, W. Walczak, & K. Wiszowata-Walczak (Eds.), Od Kijowa do Rzymu. Z dziejów stosunków Rzeczypospolitej ze Stolicą Apostolską i Ukrainą. W 35 lecie pracy naukowej Teresie Chynczewskiej-Hennel, Uczniowie, Przyjaciele i Koledzy (pp. 369-388). Białystok: IBNDKE.
Yartseva, V. (Ed.). (1990). Linguistic Encyclopedic Dictionary. [In Russian]. Моscow: Sovetskaya Encyclopedia.
Yosypenko, S. (2008). Towards the origin of Ukrainian modernity. The Ukrainian early modern spiritual culture in the European context. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: UCDK.
Zapasko, Y., Isayevych, Y. (1981). Monuments of book art: catalog of early printed books published in Ukraine: Book. 1, (1574-1700). [In Ukrainian]. Lviv: Vyshča shkola.
Zema, W. (1997). Semiotics “simplicity” in the works of John Vyshensky. [In Ukrainian]. Genesis, 1(5), 183-187.
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Dovga, L. (2016). The conceptual Apparatus in the Discourse of Ukrainian church Intellectuals of the 17th century: towards the Problem Statement. Sententiae, 34(1), 132–143. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent34.01.132
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