Human Perfection Research Articles

Modern Socratic Dialogue and Resilient Democracy: Creating the Clearing for an American Bildung

Modern Socratic Dialogue and Resilient Democracy: Creating the Clearing for an American Bildung

ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE, HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSON AND PHYSICAL PERFECTION

The different areas of human physical perfection, such as physical education, sports training, health-improvement physical training and fitness specialists emphasize the importance of applying a bilateral approach during training, often using balanced learning and training: bilateral development, bilateral training. The harmonious development of a person in the process of physical education should be based on the physiological and psychological condition of the body, the requirements and rules of a healthy lifestyle. The functional organization of people within learning and sports training, surely, will contribute to the harmonious and comprehensive development of the person. Those factors predetermine the direction of educational process in the physical education system.

The problem of the perfect man as a problem of a sustainable society in a globalized world

Summary. The purpose of this article is to refer to the origins of Eastern, more precisely, Chinese anthropology, which formed the image of a perfect person, and to substantiate the relevance of the implementation of this image in the contemporary European mass consciousness, which is in crisis due to the ideological vacuum regarding patterns of behavior and means of life. Methodology. It is productive to apply the methods of historical-philosophical analysis and the philosophical-anthropological approach to the possibility of analyzing and investigating the problem of human self-improvement, its motives and the cultural background that contributes to this phenomenon. Scientific novelty. The article examines the realities of the crisis of industrial man, which came about due to the devaluation of the idea of Man and the ideal of man in the New Age, which actualizes today the appeal to the anthropological developments of ancient Chinese philosophical thought, which preserved the image of a perfect man and defined the main criteria for his identification. It is possible to form the image of a perfect person of our era only on the basis of similar images of previous eras, therefore, turning to Eastern wisdom contributes to the philosophical understanding of the reconstruction of the ideal of a person, understood and accepted by the mass consciousness. The proposed model of an ideal person is a step on the way to building applied philosophical and anthropological knowledge about the self-development of a person in the conditions set by the crisis. Conclusions. The first thing that catches your eye when you get acquainted with the concept of an ideal person in ancient Chinese treatises is the understanding of the phenomenon of selfimprovement as a condition for spiritual development. The second point, which I would also like to note, is the understanding of spiritual development through the improvement of moral consciousness, which is possible as a result of the painstaking work of an individual on his character traits. A condition or motivation for self-improvement is certain human abilities, the main of which is the ability to change or transform. In this context, the meaning of the well-known pair of opposites: good and evil is revealed. Goodness is the ability to renew, the highest form of creativity; evil – backwardness, inhibition, inability to update. And this is the third point, which I also wanted to pay attention to. Two geniuses of Chinese philosophical thought – Lao Tzu and Confucius – developed the concept of a perfect person, identical in terms of goals, but different in the ways of achieving them. So, a modern person who has the ability and motivation to change can choose one of the options offered by Chinese anthropology and psychology. To achieve career growth and material well-being, the concept of Confucius, so popular in modern China, is suitable. Well, if a person seeks profound metamorphosis, then the experience of the Taoists, popular among supporters of positive psychology, will be useful to him.

Prometheus’ liberation: ontological aspects of the myth of the perfect man

Prometheus’ liberation: ontological aspects of the myth of the perfect man

High spiritual generation - third renaissance builders

The article analyzes the main directions of state youth policy in the new Uzbekistan. In the third renaissance, the role and tasks of young people will be highlighted. The role of raising the legal culture in the society in educating the youth will be revealed. Special attention is paid to the historical and philosophical interpretation of the idea of the perfect man in the works of thinkers. The spiritual and legal basis for the upbringing of a high-spirited generation in the new Uzbekistan has been revealed.

Iqbal's concept of Khudi (The Self) and the Perfect Man

Iqbal's concept of Khudi (The Self) and the Perfect Man

A revitalisation of virtue ethics in contemporary education

In this article I will discuss employing the classical prescripts of Aristotle’s virtue ethics in education as a guide for youth education. For Aristotle, the practice of virtues was not a goal in itself, since virtues are dispositions which may be revealed in various acts reflecting human perfection. Virtues tell us how to act to achieve a particular goal. The ethics of virtue highlights the love of good and perfection. The attitude of a justly proud man consists, among other things, in approving of what is good; at the same time, however, he strives towards selfsufficiency. Self-improvement, which emphasises self-sufficiency, often becomes behaviour that can, unfortunately, generate standoffishness, arrogance, and egotism.

Mullā Ṣadrā’s Arrivers in the Heart (al-Wāridāt al-Qalbiyya)

Abstract It is increasingly difficult after Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) to differentiate the aims of the Sufis from those of the philosophers. Mullā Ṣadrā (d. 1050/1640) offers a fine example of a thinker who synthesized the Sufi and philosophical methodologies in his voluminous writings. In Arrivers in the Heart he combines the precision of philosophical reasoning with the recognition (maʿrifa) of God and self that was central to the concerns of the Sufi teachers. In forty “effusions” (fayḍ) of mostly rhymed prose, he provides epitomes of many of the themes that he addresses in his long books. These include the concept and reality of existence, the Divine Essence and Attributes, God’s omniscience, theodicy, eschatology, the worlds of the cosmos, spiritual psychology, divine and human love, disciplining the soul, and the nature of human perfection.

The psychoanalysis of Mam's character in the narrative of Mam and Zin based on Rogers's humanist model

Abstract Humanism is considered as one of the novel trends in Psychology which deals with the human innate inclinations and his needs. Karl Ruggers is one of the humanist psychologists who has a positive perspective towards human potentials and creativities. In his works, Ruggers has a special inclination towards the idea of ‘superman’ and the ways that human being could pave the way to make this historical dream come true. The development of Zin’s round identity is one of the essential ideas in Mam and Zin that could be discussed and analyzed via Ruggers’ theory and is carried out in this research. The essence of human perfection is one of the coral arguments that Khani attempts to develop authentically from Mam’s perspective. Therefore, Ruggers’ humanist theory could analyze Khani’s thoughts in a great deal. Such a parallel alignment of Ruggers’ theories and Khani’s psychological thematic inclinations could lead to great conclusions that Khani as a Kurdish classic writer has delt with psychological development of his characters that analyzing them requires advanced contemporary knowledge in humanism and psychology. The results of the research vividly illustrate that Khani through his emphasis on Mam’s dynamic and round character attempts to provide his addressees with a perfect psychological model of the ‘superman’ and has done everything logically possible to characterize Mam; a character that shares a lot with Ruggers’ model of ‘superman’ celebrating the thinker’s psychological traits of a psychologically perfect human such as the potential of acquiring new experiences, living a purposeful life, dependance of self-organism, freedom, and creativity.

Festa, Lynn. Fiction Without Humanity: Person, Animal, Thing in Early Enlightenment Literature and Culture.

Festa, Lynn. <i>Fiction Without Humanity: Person, Animal, Thing in Early Enlightenment Literature and Culture</i>.

Is the fiṭra mutable? A reformist conception of human perfection in Shāh Walī Allāh's Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bāligha

AbstractThis article examines the question of whether the created human nature, or fiṭra, is portrayed as mutable in Shāh Walī Allāh's (d. 1762) Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bāligha. I argue that Walī Allāh uses the fiṭra — or the perfection of four qualities that make for human flourishing — to anchor a unified concept of human perfection that can fit different ages without essentially changing. Walī Allāh accomplishes this by affirming the particularity of divine laws and the efficacy of local customs in realising the eternal demands of the human form. More specifically, he posits that established practices can become second nature to a community, enter the divine system of requital, and thus help a people develop the necessary qualities through highly contingent means, all without violating the Qur'anic and traditional claim that the original nature itself never changes. With recourse to some of his other works and potential influences, I conclude that Walī Allāh's conception of the fiṭra accommodates traditional theological assertions regarding the singularity of human perfection, on the one hand, and the possibility of reformed norms, on the other.

The Adaptation and Development of the Proclean Notion of Κατάβασις: From Proclus to Maximus the Confessor

This paper examines the impact of Proclus’ notion of divine descent, i.e., κατάβασις, on the formation of core theological doctrines in Pseudo-Dionysius and Maximus the Confessor. The notion of κατάβασις was originally employed by pagan Proclus to explain the downward providence of gods toward humans, emphasizing the dominant role of gods for human perfection. In his exegesis on Alcibiades I, Proclus identified Socrates as the incarnation of divine providence, a divinely inspired lover in charge of Alcibiades’ conversion to philosophical life. Pseudo-Dionysius adapted the Proclean notion of κατάβασις by supplementing it with the Christian notion of God’s ecstatic love, understood as God’s providential act toward His creation. In the Celestial Hierarchy and Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, Dionysius endeavored to reveal the reciprocal-ecstatic union between God and humans made possible by His ecstatic κατάβασις during the liturgy. Maximus adapted and further developed the Dionysian notion of κατάβασις. While stressing the crucial role of the κατάβασις for human salvation, he gave it a new meaning by synthesizing it in the context of his anthropology, which stressed the holistic transformation of the human body and soul as a result of the divine descent.

ACADEMICIAN JUMANAZAR BAZARBAYEV AS THE FIRST PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST IN KARAKALPAKSTAN

This scientific article describes the research, deep thoughts and considerations of academician Jumanazar Bozorbaev as a philosopher in Karakalpakstan. At the same time, the academician provided extensive information on the formation of the first scientific and philosophical ideas in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the results of their research work. The article also provides very good information about the initial philosophical views on the formation of the national idea and philosophical scientific work on the implementation of national development reforms in our country. The article also makes it clear that the pinnacle of human philosophy is human perfection. KEYWORDS: philosophy, knowledge, conscious, happiness, unconscious, mentality, pedagogy.

대순사상에 나타난 덕(德)과 그 실천수행

Since ancient times, the word Deok (德, virtue) has been used as a term in ethics. In the east, it originally meant ‘to acquire (得),’ and during the warring states period, it was used to indicate ‘personality’ or ‘value;’ especially for political leaders. Then, in Confucianism, the word Deok developed into an ethical term suggesting that people should acquire Deok in their action so as to achieve human perfection. In Daesoon Thought, Deok originates from the Dao, and the two are close in the same manner that Yin and Yang are close and interrelated. The Dao of Daesoon Thought indicates the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, which Gucheon Sangje had opened when he performed his Gongbu (holy work) at Daewonsa Temple, is such that the Great Deok was divided into the Deok of Heaven, the Deok of Earth, and the Deok of Humanity. This allows for the realization of Deok in each of the Three Realms. Jo Jeongsan, the successor of Gucheon Sangje, said that he will inherit the Great Deok originated from the Great Dao and enlighten the world to the Dao. The cause of the accumulation of grievances in the Three Realms was due to the failure to sufficiently spread Deok throughout the Three Realms. The Later World is where Deok will be offered in its full extent as it was secured by the Cheonjigongsa (Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth) performed by Gucheon Sangje. However, as the main agent of spreading Deok is the heart-mind, humans need to cultivate their heart-mind in the correct way. When humans finally become Dotong-gunja (beings who are perfectly unified with the Dao) and generously practice Deok in the world, there will be no grievances anywhere in the Three Realms. There are four ways of practicing Deok: Deok by caring for life, Eondeok (Deok of speech), Gongdeok (practicing meritorious Deok), and Podeok (spreading of Deok) to the world. Practicing the Deok by caring for life is to save and protect living beings based on the spirit of Jesaenguise (saving lives and curing the world). Eondeok is practiced when people speak to others in a positive way that fosters widespread goodness based on the spirit of Sangsaeng (mutual beneficence). When people perform Gongdeok they will be rewarded for their actions. Podeok can be realized when the followers of Sangje spread the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth based on the teachings of Daesoon Thought.

Analysis of How the external intervention of the perfect man in repelling evil, with emphasis on the thought of Ibn Arabi

The natural world, in which there is no escape from evil phenomena, has always occupied the human mind in search of a way to overcome evil. Some of these fears should be considered in terms of how to use religion and solicit to friends of God in the face of evil and disease. From a mystical point of view, how to overcome the mental and physical injuries caused by evil and evil by solicit to the perfect man, is a fundamental question that this article seeks to answer. In a descriptive-analytical approach, the author has reached the conclusion that according to Ibn Arabi, the interventions of a perfect man in the natural world are limited and, unless it is authorized by God, he does not and should not take possession of nature. He was expecting an extraordinary habit. And even in the case of possession, he uses his minimal possessions in the way of expressing religion. Yes, one of the most important functions of God-fearing spirituality and recourse should be considered to be the peace that comes from faith, with which one can overcome the harms caused by evils and evils.

The perfect man

In this article I will describe a ten-year psychotherapy treatment, with a frequency of four to five sessions per week in the first two years, and one session every fortnight for the following eight years in prison, with a man sentenced to twenty-three years for murdering his wife. I will analyse the complex personality of a young multi-talented male doctor, pushed to the edge of a chasm by a transgenerational destiny for males to be "the best" in everything. This unconscious need forced him to build up a hypertrophic self of "the perfect man" who, faced with the frustrations of life, broke down, revealing a very fragile and immature core. The collapsing of the ego led him to a killing which was meant to "save", in a distorted way, his project of being "the perfect father", without realising that he was, instead, destroying not only his wife's life, but his children's and his own life too.

Chuang Tzu’s selflessness: mind-state and the cultural semiotics of jingshen

Abstract The cognitive paradigm of symbols in ancient Chinese philosophy is quite distinct from that of Western semiotic circles. Chuang Tzu, one of the most influential ancient Chinese philosophers, concentrates his study on exploring the state of the subject’s selflessness and establishes his own cognitive paradigm of jingshen. This paper uses his statements of “I lost myself” and “The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror” in The adjustment of controversies of The Chuang Tzu, to investigate the ideal selfless mind-state and selflessness. It attempts to transfer the relationship between subject and object in symbolic cognition into the connection of intersubjectivity to construct jingshen’s cognitive paradigm of releasing symbolic meaning. The task of this research is to overcome the limitation created by the subject–object relation and finally to be “the Perfect Man” who can know the Dao.

Cancer - dysregulation of the cell cycle and transduction of cascade signals

Abstract According to scientific data, cancer is a very ancient disease, and along with the perfection of humanity it becomes more progressive. The development of technologies that detect molecular changes in the pathogenesis and subsequent development of carcinogenesis has led to the beginning of a new era in oncology. The cell cycle is tightly controlled by a group of protein kinases, including cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinases. These events occur in a strictly regulated time sequence supported by consistent restriction points. p53, p21, p16, retinoblastoma (and other proteins), cyclins and cyclin-related kinases repair DNA before the cell cycle enters the phase of synthesis and mitosis. Loss of regulatory activity of p53 and pRB, stable activation of E2F stimulates uncontrolled cell proliferation, leading to neoplastic cell growth. The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signalling pathway is also a complex network of sequentially activated proteins that play a major role in the onset and development of cancer. It can regulate not only the biological functions, such as cell proliferation, cycle regulation, cell differentiation, apoptosis and tissue formation, but it is also associated with tumor development. Stable mutations in the genome or defects in the epigenome lead to dysregulation in the normal biological cycle of the cell, underlying DNA chain damage or dysfunction in the control system, determined by various types of carcinogenic factors, both known and unknown.

The Heritage Of Our Great Ancestors And The Third Renessans

The article analyzes important aspects of the systematic organization of spiritual and educational work in our country. The Renaissance, which took place in the history of mankind, revealed the peculiarities of the development of science. The idea of a perfect man in the works of Alisher Navoi has been studied historically and philosophically. The importance of the idea of a perfect man in the creative heritage of the thinker in the upbringing of a harmoniously developed generation in the new conditions of Uzbekistan is highlighted.

Posthumanist perspectives on transhumanist marketing: More than human genes, more than market promotion

Transhumanism advocates enhancement of current human capacities with new technologies, in pursuit of human improvement and perfection, and thereby creates lucrative marketing opportunities. We use the broader concept of posthumanism, which includes this, but also all the other ways in which humans are enhanced by non-humans. However, our study is not about posthumanism, but about how a posthumanist critique can enhance our analyses and diagnoses. We consider not just technology, but also other species such as our microbiome, in an effort to critically examine transhumanist marketing, and develop analytic tools to better understand it. The limitations are highlighted with an extended example of the marketing of health information in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Transhumanist marketing is distinguished between “ends”, promoting products, and “means”, as ways to facilitate marketing. We offer a typology of motivations for consumption of transhumanist goods and services.