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<p>From the very beginnings of his thought, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk was convinced that modern man, and likewise the culturally and politically emancipated Czech nation, was in a deep existential crisis closely linked with the spread of irreligiosity. Masaryk gradually came to believe that this crisis could be positively overcome on two levels. On a theoretical level, he relied on his specific classification and systematization of the sciences. On a practical level, which was directly based on his notion of positive sciences and a strictly rational scientific approach, it was a matter of developing a new direction and method, which he characteristically conceived of as realism. On the eve of the First World War, Masaryk’s position became understandably radicalized. He distanced himself from a more objectivist view of religion and countered theism with a scientific and philosophical <italic>anthropism</italic>.</p>
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From the very beginnings of his thought, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk was convinced that modern man, and likewise the culturally and politically emancipated Czech nation, was in a deep existential crisis closely linked with the spread of irreligiosity. Masaryk gradually came to believe that this crisis could be positively overcome on two levels. On a theoretical level, he relied on his specific classification and systematization of the sciences. On a practical level, which was directly based on his notion of positive sciences and a strictly rational scientific approach, it was a matter of developing a new direction and method, which he characteristically conceived of as realism. On the eve of the First World War, Masaryk’s position became understandably radicalized. He distanced himself from a more objectivist view of religion and countered theism with a scientific and philosophical anthropism.

The crisis of modern man in the light of Masaryk’s national philosophy

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From the very beginnings of his thought, Thomas Garrigue Masaryk was convinced that modern man, and likewise the culturally and politically emancipated Czech...

The crisis of modern man in the light of Masaryk’s national philosophy

Published Online: Dec 03, 2022

Page range: 173 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2022-0012

Keywords
crisis of modern man and nation, national emancipation, classification and systematization of sciences, irreligiosity, ethics, humanism, realism, theism, anthropism

© 2022 Jan Svoboda, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The crisis of modern man in the light of Masaryk’s national philosophy

Published Online: Dec 03, 2022

Page range: 173 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2022-0012

Keywordscrisis of modern man and nation, national emancipation, classification and systematization of sciences, irreligiosity, ethics, humanism, realism, theism, anthropism

© 2022 Jan Svoboda, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
crisis of modern man and nation, national emancipation, classification and systematization of sciences, irreligiosity, ethics, humanism, realism, theism, anthropism