Teologiczna interpretacja pojęcia arché u wczesnych fi lozofów greckich: w kręgu teologii milezyjskich fi lozofów przyrody

Abstract

The purpose of this article is an attempt to present one fundamental problem: identifi cation of the essential features of the arché in Milesian philosophers of nature by indicating possible relationships with theology. The theological interpretation of the Milesians indicates that arché does not merely have a material dimension, it is inherently external, going beyond, and consequently, the original principle contains a peculiar transcendence. In the concepts of natural philosophers, there is an archaic path to immortality, infi nity, and eternal existence, which are, in essence, divine attributes. There is a clear search to determine the relationship of divine sphere of existence with the world that we know from everyday experience. This means that the Milesians have found a plane on which the divine sphere and the temporal sphere can meet. There are certain frameworks within which there is an interaction between the divine element (constant and invariant) and temporal (transient and fi nite).