Abstract
The article deals with G. Skovoroda’s views on the feasibility of constructing interactions between people through dialogue. It was found out that the key questions that a person should be guided in conducting a dialogue a search for truth. The authors emphasize the achievements of the philosophical thought of the XVIII century: the synthesis of domestic and Western European cultural thought, the importance of considering a person as a combination of spiritual and bodily principles. The article analyzes the works of G. Skovoroda (“Narcissus”, “Ashkan”, “Dialogue, or Conversation about the ancient world”, “The Five Travelers’ talk About True Happiness in Life” (“Talking Friendship on the Mindful World”), “Ring”, “Conversation, called alphabet, or a primer of the world” and “Dialogue, the name of which is Flood Snake”). The importance of understanding the dialogue as a way of knowing the truth is emphasized. The authors pay attention to the manner in which the material of the letters of G. Skovoroda are depicted and the characters that are endowed with the main characters of the works. The attention was drawn to the way in the of G. Skovoroda’s works of the ethical and anthropological motifs characteristic of the XVIII century: mystical deepening of oneself, the search for a true Christian ideal, and the cultivating of the inner man. The views of G. Skovoroda deals with need to combine the theoretical basis on the practical introduction of the acquired knowledge in the person’s individual and social life to improve the educational, spiritual and moral state of society are highlighted. On the basis of the analysis of the creative heritage of G. Skovoroda, the authors singled out the basic principles of constructing a philosophical dialogue: value-motivational, that is, a person enters a dialogic interaction in order to solve issues for which she does not know the answer or has doubts about their solution; informational and regulatory, containing a large number of different programs for solving this issue and only one answer that can satisfy the opponent; transformative, in which the impetus for dialogue is an issue that needs to be addressed and transformed into one’s own views; productive, in which, through dialogue, a person acquires experience and is convinced of the expediency of a particular behavior; estimated, where the stated objectives of the dialogue are compared with the results obtained and there is a transformation of objective reality into the subject of persuasion. Keywords: G. Skovoroda, dialogue, principles of dialogue
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