Pascal on the "scales of Job". The apology of adogmatics

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31649/sent09.02.141

Abstract

The author of the article, based on the thesis about the openness of B. Pascal's philosophical system, compares the views of this philosopher with the views of the biblical Job, and also investigates the consequences of Pascal's adogmatism. According to the author, Pascal and Job are united by a common understanding of God as a problem within which search occurs through pain, and faith through doubt. They are also united by an adogmatic attitude towards church authorities, established opinions and traditions. After all, the support for Pascal was not dogmatics itself, but the living tension of spiritual forces, exhausting confession. In Pascal's philosophy, the paradoxical logic of the heart is revealed, which opens up the possibility of understanding spiritual laws. The author comes to the conclusion that Pascal's adogmatism changes the very method of theology, since the openness of the philosophical system made it possible to create a field for new interpretations of biblical truths.

References

Cherenkov, M. (2001). Questioning the meaning. Lessons from Job. Dialogue. [In Russian]. Vestnik Donetskogo khristianskogo universiteta, 1, 20-24.

John (Shakhovskoy), Archbishop. (1999). Pascal's Fire. [In Russian]. In Archbishop John (Shakhovskoy), Selections in 2 vols. (Vol. 1, pp. 10-13). Nizhny Novgorod: Izd-vo Bratstva vo imya svyatogo knyazya Aleksandra Nevskogo.

Merezhkovsky, D. S. (1990). Reformers: Luther, Calvin, Pascal. [In Russian]. Brussels: Zhizn s Bogom.

Khoma, O. I. (1998). Truth and obviousness: symptomatological thinking inModern philosophy. [In Russian]. Vinnitsa: Universum.

Mordvintseva, L. P. (2002). Weber, D. Escape from self, or the Mask of Entertainment: lessons from Pascal. [In Russian]. Sotsialnyye i gumanitarnyye nauki. vol. 3. Philosophy, 3, 175-177.

Pascal, B. (1998). Lettres provinciales. [In Russian]. In B. Pascal, & Aurelius Augustine, Labyrinths of the soul (pp. 221-408). Simferopol: Renome.

Pascal, B. (1994). Pensées. [In Russian]. Moscow: REFL-book.

Shestov, L. (2001). In Job's Balances. [In Russian]. Moscow: AST.

Tolstoy, L. N. (1998). Pascal. [In Russian]. In L. N. Tolstoy, On truth, life and behaviour (pp. 453-459). Moscow: ZAO Izd-vo EKSMO-Press.

Vysheslavtsev, B. P. (1994). The eternal in Russian philosophy. [In Russian]. In B. P. Vysheslavtsev, Ethics of transfigured Eros (pp. 154-324). Moscow: Respublika.

Downloads

Abstract views: 63

Published

2003-12-30

How to Cite

Cherenkov, M. (2003). Pascal on the "scales of Job". The apology of adogmatics. Sententiae, 9(2), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent09.02.141

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2003)

Section

ARTICLES

Metrics

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.


    Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC