Koncepcja człowieka w filozofii Gabriela Marcela

Abstract

After Gabriel Marcel, human being is a principal subject of any philosophical research. Only the understanding of a human being makes it possible to understand the world. A philosopher reaches the mystery of human existence when personally and internally experiencing himself. However, a philosopher never explains the reality recognised in his internal experience; he keeps describing it. Human being is permanently directed towards development, towards the search of the fullness of his existence. This is done by realising interpersonal relations – especially, all ,,I”–„you” relations. This type of relations are initiated on the basis of the specific identity between the human „I” and other human beings, when a new reality ,,us” is being created. In the „I”–„you” relations the second person discovers the subject-one for himself. The human being attains his full identity exclusively in the case of another person becoming for him a „you” The principal kinds of the ,,I”–„you” relations are: love, hope and believe definitely unified with faith. In these relations human being transcends himself and participates either in the human „you”, or in the divine „YOU”.