THE VALUE OF SUFFERING

Authors

  • Joanna Górnicka

Keywords:

cierpienie, ból, fenomenologia, epikur

Abstract

What is the meaning of pain or suffering in philosophy? What is the difference between the idea of pain in the antiquity, the notion of suffering in Christian philosophy and our contemporary approach to this problem? How has the idea changed through centuries? The author tries to find answers to these questions.

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Published

1999-12-01

Issue

Vol. 32 (1999)

Section

Papers

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