List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2023. Vol 46
On the Problem of Aesthetic Proof of the Existence of God
Author(s)
E. F. Kazakov,
T. I. Gritskevich,
L. Y. Logunova
Abstract
The subject of the study is the aesthetic proof of the existence of God, in the unity of its
epistemological and ontological aspects, through the correlation of arguments “for” and “against”.
The relevance of the research is due to the importance in the postmodern era of upholding traditional
religious values. The research is based on the Christian ideas that are most adequate for the national
culture. The conceptual basis was the philosophy of unity, which allowed us to consider beauty as
the unity of truth, goodness and love. The purpose of the study is to conduct a detailed analysis of the
logic and argumentation of aesthetic proof. Tasks: to formulate the definition of beauty, to substantiate the validity of the definition of God as beauty; to analyze the argumentation of aesthetic evidence
on the example of natural evolution and history. It is proved that genuine (divine) beauty is the unity
of truth, goodness and beauty; the image of a more perfect beauty than the beauty of the surrounding
world is contained in a person; evolution is directed to the actualization of an ever more perfect beauty; the intention to perfect beauty (which has no biological expediency) only God could have invested in man; the evolution of the world and man proceeds from potential to actual divine beauty. Man's
need for perfect beauty can only be satisfied by an all-perfect God.
About the Authors
Kazakov Evgeny Fedorovich, Doctor of Scieces (Cultural Studies), Professor, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Kemerovo State University, 6, Krasnaya st., Kemerovo, 650000, Russian Federation, e-mail: kemcitykazakov@mail.ru
Gritskevich Tatiana Igorevna, Doctor of Sciences (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Kemerovo State University, 6, Krasnaya st., Kemerovo, 650000, Russian Federation, e-mail: taigree@yandex.ru
Logunova Larisa Yurievna, Doctor of Sciences (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Senior Researcher, Laboratory for the Study of Humanitarian Problems, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, 52, Kamenskaya st., Novosibirsk, 630099, Russian Federation, e-mail: vinsky888@mail.ru
For citation
Kazakov E.F., Gritskevich T.I., Logunova L.Y. On the Problem of Aesthetic Proof of the Existence of God. The
Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2023, vol. 46, pp. 117-124.
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.46.117 (in Russian)
Keywords
the existence of God, aesthetic proof, Christianity, beauty, man.
UDC
231.11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.46.117
References
- Avgustin Avrelij. SHest knig o muzyke [Six books about music]. Moscow, Moscow Conservatory Publ., 2017, 360 р. (in Russian)
- Akvinskij A. Summa teologii [Summa theologii]. Moscow, AST Publ., 2019, 320 р. (in Russian)
- Areopagit Dionisij. Sochineniya. Ispovednik Maksim. Tolkovaniya [Essays. Confessor Maxim. Interpretations]. Transl. G.M. Prohorova. Saint Petersburg, Aleteyya Publ., 2002, 854 p. (in Russian)
- Berdyaev N.A. O naznachenii cheloveka [On the appointment of a person]. Moscow, Amrita Publ., 2019,460 р. (in Russian)
- Gobbs T. Osnovy filosofii. CHelovecheskaya priroda [Fundamentals of philosophy. Human nature]. Moscow, AST Publ., 2022. 489 р. (in Russian)
- Dostoevskij F.M. Brat'ya Karamazovy [Brothers Karamazov]. Moscow, Eksmo Publ., 2023. 812 р. (in Russian)
- Kazakov E.F. Dusha evropejskogo cheloveka [The soul of a European man]. Kemerovo, KemGU Publ., 2012. 463 р. (in Russian)
- Kazakov E.F. Problema nachala istorii [The problem of the beginning of history]. Vestnik KemGU, 2015, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 211-215. (in Russian)
- Kenterberijskij A. Sochineniya [Essays]. Moscow, Kanon Publ., 1995, 400 р. (in Russian)
- Kormin N.A. Ontologiya esteticheskogo [Ontology of aesthetic]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1992, 117 р. (in Russian)
- Losskij N.O. Mir kak osushchestvlenie krasoty [The world as the realization of beauty]. Moscow, Progress Publ., 1998, 149 р. (in Russian)
- Mirkina Z. Toska pо Bogu [Longing for God]. Moscow, Centr gumanitarnyh iniciativ Publ., 2020, 192 р. (in Russian)
- Otechnik: Rasskazy o zhizni svyatyh podvizhnikov [Stories about the life of holy ascetics]. Sost. Svyatitelem Ignatiem (Bryanchaninovym). Moscow, Dar Publ., 2009, 767 р. (in Russian)
- Platon. Dialogi [Dialogues]. Moscow, Eksmo Publ., 2022, 464 р. (in Russian)
- Solov'yov V.S. Krasota v prirode. Smysl lyubvi [Beauty is in nature. The meaning of love]. Moscow, Karamzin Publ., 2018, 134 p. (in Russian)
- Solov'yov V.S. Opravdanie dobra [Justification of good]. Moscow, Azbuka Publ., 2022, 768 р. (in Russian)
- Tejyar de SHarden P. Fenomen cheloveka [The phenomenon of man]. Bozhestvennaya sreda. Moscow, AST Publ., 2022, 416 р. (in Russian)
- Tetior A.N. Novaya koncepciya filosofskogo osmysleniya mira evolyucii zhivoj prirody [A new concept of philosophical understanding of the world of evolution of living nature]. Moscow, Academy of Natural Sciences Publ., 2016, 236 р. (in Russian)
- Trubeckoj E.N. Smysl zhizni [The meaning of life]. Moscow, Nobel-Press Publ., 2011, 240 р. (in Russian)
- Florenskij P.A. Ikonostas [Iconostasis]. Moscow, Palmira Publ., 2023, 168 р. (in Russian)
- Gavrilov E.O., Gavrilov O.F., Kazakov E.F. Metamorphoses of religion and the human in the modern world. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. 2019. T. 139. P. 716-724.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18553-4_89
- Pearce B.K.D., Tupper A.S., Pudritz R.E., et al. Constraining the Time Interval for the Origin of Life on Earth. Astrobiology. 2018. N. 18 (3). Р. 343-364. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2017.1674
- Williams P.S. Aesthetic arguments for the existence of God. Quodlibet Journal, 2001, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 45-58.