title: Did the Greeks have a worldview? A comparative study of worldview’s genealogy
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metadata.value: Lvov, Alexander A.
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metadata.value: 2023-02-06T16:42:27Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-02-06T16:42:27Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Lvov A. A. Did the Greeks have a worldview? A comparative study of worldview’s genealogy. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2022, vol. 38, issue 4, pp. 500–511. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2022.405
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2022.405
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38967
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper scrutinizes a classic passage from Heidegger, in which he argues that Weltanschauung
  is predominantly a Modern concept and that there was nothing similar in Antiquity. Using a
  comparative method, I try to demonstrate that it is possible to reconstruct a kind of genealogy
  of the concept of worldview and to show clues as to its phenomena in Hellenic culture and
  philosophy and in Early Modern thought. Being not just a linguistic phenomenon, worldview
  could be analyzed as a metaconcept, articulated in non-Modern contexts and recognized as a
  “worldview” in terms of Modern philosophy. Considering the ancient Greek notion of αἵρεσις,
  I show its principle aspects in the sense of “philosophical school”. I hold that it is possible to
  parallel it with the term Weltanschauung, coined in the German philosophical tradition and possessing
  its own epistemological features. To prove my argument, I refer to the ideas of Ancient
  Greek and Hellenic thinkers as well as the most eminent supporters and critics of the concept of
  Weltanschauung in Modern (primarily German) philosophies. In Conclusions I summarize the
  main traits I consider commensurate with those of αἵρεσις, which are: 1. Emergence in “turning
  points” of pivotal historical periods; 2. Articulation of the idea of wholeness and coherence of the
  Universe (the World); 3. One’s free-will choice to support a concrete doctrine or point of view to
  the Universe in connection with its comprehension and one’s moral principles.
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metadata.value: This research is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russian Federation
  (project “The Newest Tendencies of the Development of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Context
  of the Process of Digitalization and Novel Social Challenges and Threats: An Interdisciplinary Approach”,
  agreement no. 075-15-2020-798).
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 38; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: αἵρεσις
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Weltanschauung
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: genealogy of worldview
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Martin Heidegger
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Christian Huygens
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: comparative philosophy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Hellenic philosophy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: philosophical anthropology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Did the Greeks have a worldview? A comparative study of worldview’s genealogy
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metadata.value: Article
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