Cultural cimension of Hryhorii Skovoroda's philosophy

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to study the cultural foundations of Hryhorii Skovoroda's philosophy. The research methodology is based on the use of commonly used approaches of analysis, synthesis, and comparison. The study is based on an understanding of the importance of the cultural context of the phenomenon of intellectual history. Scientific novelty. The author argues the thesis about the decisive role of the Ukrainian Baroque in the formation of Ukrainian identity. The author argues that the birth and maturation of authentic spiritual and academic culture is linked to European historical sources. The basic principles of the Cossack Baroque and their manifestation in the creative heritage of Hryhorii Skovoroda are substantiated. Conclusions. The origins and features of Baroque culture are analysed. The attention is focused on the Baroque's desire for universality, the attempt to comprehend infinity, and the attraction to dynamism. The significance of contrasts and antitheses in Baroque culture as a means of reproducing the dynamics of life is emphasised. The phenomenon of the emblem as a means by which things of the external world are introduced into human life and acquire cultural functions is investigated. It is noted that the Baroque is a time of practical action, realisation of energy, and the search for new forms by a person of this era. It is pointed out that Skovoroda develops an understanding of the contemplative attitude as a practical action that requires not passivity, but an active attitude. The tendency of the Western European Baroque to a mystical, eschatological experience of the world is pointed out. The thesis of the optimistic significance of the Baroque style in Eastern Europe is demonstrated. The author shows the connection between Ukraine's contribution to Baroque culture and Hryhorii Skovoroda's philosophical rethinking of the pessimistic manifestations of the modern era.