Metafizyka i teologia w dyskusji o człowieku i kulturze

Marian Szymonik’s book Metafizyka ja­ko podstawa rozumienia człowieka i kultu­ry. Glosa do współczesnego sporu aksjologicz­nego. Rozważania filozoficzno-teologiczne (Metaphysics as the Basis for Understanding Man and Culture. Gloss to the modern axio­logical dispute. Philosophical and theological reflections) became an opportunity to in­dicate the necessary conditions for its inc­lusion in the contemporary discussion about man and culture. First of all, it is necessary to preserve the basic principles of fruitful discussion. These include the impartiality of the debaters and their fo­cus on factual understanding and expla­nation of the problem of interest and the preservation of certain formal conditions. Another is to see in the metaphysics of man the plane of searching for an answer to the question of the raison d’être of all being, and therefore of human being and its products, that is, the culture created by it. Finally, the recognition of the ra­tionality of Christianity, the rationality of its doctrine and theology as a rationa­lization of faith. It is only in such a di­scussion that one can strive for the fullest possible understanding of human being.