A Priori Journal

Philosophy and its role in society

Attitude – this attitude of man to environmental action stvitelnosti, which is found in its mood, sense stvah and action. It reflects the emotional and mental outlook of a hundred-Ron, and it affects the circumstances of people’s lives, the differences in their social status, national bennosti specific type of culture, individual destiny, temperament, age, health, etc.

The world – this is an understanding of the world, really-ing, the attitudes and ideas. It reflects the cognitive-intellectual side of philosophy and represents only its conceptual, intellectual perspective. This work hladnokrov loss of mind, knowledge of the system neutral, dispassionate evaluation, reasonable action.

Both of these “poles” in the philosophy of organic tissue interactions mosvyazany, mutual support. Emotions are present even in the self by the mature forms of thought to the world. But let us return to the world.

Depending on the degree of cognitive depth, logical-tion sequence, the intellectual force of arguments once-lichayut two levels of the world: every day, practical and theoretical.

Every day, practical, everyday the world often to referred to as a “life philosophy”, because it is based on common sense, a vast and diverse experience of the everyday. In his “pluses and minuses.” “Pluses” are that everyday the world is massive and actually “working” consciousness. That is why, incidentally, so it is necessary to approve today in our country the principles of new ways of thinking are not affected units, and entered the minds of thousands, millions of people have become momentum of their lives, actions.

“Minus” are, firstly, that the everyday world roponimanie in its massive, daily forms of a natural nature, is not a deep thought, system-tichnostyu, defensible. That is why at this level of observation is given a lot of prejudice, lack of protection from bugs, vulnerability to the impact of unhealthy attitudes (national and others), modern “myths” (eg, vulgar treated RA equity), the lack of logic, the prevalence of emotions (demagoguery) shortage of common sense. All this is fertile ground for the activities of certain social groups, their uzkoegoisticheskie goal.

“Minus” reduced, and secondly, that the world understand life passes in front of problems that require serious knowledge and culture of thoughts and feelings, focus on higher human values.

The ratio of life-practical and theoretical level, its philosophy, to some extent be seen in historical sequence. In this case, we can say that “life philosophy” in the most common form is manifested in the world fologii and religion. This means that the mythology and religion of pre-sixth of philosophy.

Historically, the first type of worldview is the mythology. It emerged at a very early stage of development. Then mankind in the form of myths, ie, tales, legends, of Europe-talos respond to such global issues as the origin and arrangement of the universe as a whole, the emergence of the most important phenomena of nature, animals and humans. A special place in myths engage in small progress in human life: collecting fire, iso-bretenii crafts, development of agriculture, domestication of wild animals-governmental.

Attitudinal questions in mythology mainly addressed genetically: the scientific explanation of the origin of the world-changing stories about who gave birth to whom. For example, in “Teogonii” Gesioda, “Iliad” and “Odyssey” of Homer – the most complete collection of ancient Greek myths – the eternal, limitless, dark Chaos gave life all around the world and immortal gods, including Earth and its goddess – Gee. Earth has become a mother, Heaven, Mountains and Sea, etc. Similar pattern is found in the mythology of other peoples of the world.

Mythology has played a huge role in people’s lives. She set navlivala peace and harmony between man, nature and society, society and individuals, thus providing an internal agreement of human life, to meet her do hovnye needs. Therefore, the content of myths primeval human rights seemed very real, merit-ment of absolute confidence.

At the early stage of human development, mythology was not the only kind of historical outlook. During the same period and there was religion, which from a content hand, ie in terms of ideological constructions, in particular, with the mythology of tavlyala a whole. It was impossible to argue that some tales, legends “religious”, while others – “mifologichny. But religion is different from the mythology. Its specificity subject to Sacral system, including a customs-new action aimed at establishing a certain relationship with the superhuman. Therefore, every myth became religious in so far as he was included in the system of worship, served as part of its content.

Ideological construction, including in religious systems, acquired the nature of the Doctrine of the Faith, the main function of which was to save man from earthly, historical volatile, transient aspects of life, to elevate it to something absolute, eternal. In the moral sphere is reflected in giving to religious norms, values and ideals of the constant, not dependent on a daily basis-tion, social institutions, etc. Religion, therefore, to attach meaning and significance, and, consequently, the sustainability of human existence ment, helping people overcome the everyday difficulties ty.