Людиноорієнтованість філософського знання в системі наукових поглядів діячів Острозького культурно-освітнього центру (кінець XVI – початок XVII ст.)

Abstract

The article traces the development of philosophical and theological knowledge in the Ostroh cultural and educational center in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Philosophical and theological knowledge was formed within the framework of Renaissance and Reformation ideas, which were dominant in the educational and cultural space of Ukraine in the specified period and, in turn, had an impact on the formation of conceptual worldview orientations at that time and later on. The main attention is paid to the philosophical and theological teachings developed by representatives of the Reformation movement: Vasyl Surazkyi, Gerasym Smotrytskyi, Kliryk Ostrozkyi, etc. In their works, the mentioned figures focused their attention on the issues of essence and role of philosophical knowledge in the education system of that time, developed human-oriented worldview questions along the lines of a Human being–God–the Universe as a response to the difficult socio-historical conditions of ethnic Ukrainian lands being part of foreign states and submission to foreign ideologies. In the spirit of ancient Rus traditions, Ostroh reformers considered philosophy to be wisdom, the task of which was to decipher and interpret the content of the Bible, the instructions of patristic literature and its adepts in order to uphold and protect the truths expressed in the Orthodox creed. It is concluded that, despite the fact that the line represented by the Reformation wing of Ostroh cultural and educational center is characterized from the point of view of historical retrospect as traditionalist and conservative, the complex of ideas and conceptual principles regarding a human being, his/her place in life, and worldview landmarks orientations constitute an important page in the history of this educational institution in particular and Ukrainian education and culture in general. Keywords: Ostroh cultural and educational center, reformation ideas, philosophical and theological education, human being, world, national identity.