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The archetype of Shapeshifter is expressed by variability and readiness to change, instability and fluidity, permanent transformation and self-improvement (of body and of nature, of mind and of spiritual realm). For this reason, it is worthwhile to look at the Shapeshifter as the patron of postmodernity. The article looks at postmodern culture through the prism of views of James Hillman and the school...
The article is an attempt to present the basic ideas of a Polish Dominican, theologian, philosopher and journalist M. Zieba on the relationships between liberal democracy and the Church, which are compatible according to him. It consists of three parts. In the first part the author discusses issues related to the relationship between democracy and the Church (Greek and Christian sources of democracy,...
The article aims to present some diverse concepts of metaphorization of colloquial language and scientific discourse. The starting point of scientific discourse is colloquial thinking – it uses logical argumentation, but also rhetorical figures, typical of everyday reasoning, such as metaphors. The point of reference is the Aristotelian definition of metaphor, which was contemporarily reinterpreted...