DISCUSSION OF THE CHURCH FATHERS ON THE FREE WILL AND EXISTENCE OF A HUMAN // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2020. №2. . - С. 21-27.

DISCUSSION OF THE CHURCH FATHERS ON THE FREE WILL AND EXISTENCE OF A HUMAN

DOI: 10.18101/1994-0866-2020-2-21-27 UDK: 128

Up to the present in modern science there is no a unified and consistent theory revealing the human’s nature. The relevance of human subject research is determined by traditional scientific interest in explaining the human’s nature and the reason for his existence. The article continues the series of own works devoted to the study of the human’s nature and existence. The need for the analysis carried out in the article is determined by the fact that the hermeneutical interpretation of philosophical texts in the new historical environment allows us to formulate goals in solving the human problem. The article analyzes the evolution of philosophical ideas about the human’s nature and existence in the worldview of the Church Fathers, which manifested itself in the works of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Pelagius, Martin Luther, Erasmus of Rotterdam, who polemized about human free will and human responsibility for his individual way of existence. The study uses hermeneutic text analysis. The analysis of Christian thinkers’ polemic allows us to deepen our understanding of the human and his individual life.

God; human; freedom; human’s nature and existence; responsibility; Augustine; Thomas Aquinas; Pelagius; Martin Luther; Erasmus of Rotherdam.