<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The text aims to present how creativity and creative behaviours, understood as an act of transcending oneself and the world, can positively influence the fields of art, science, education and upbringing. A constitutional feature of creativity is its ability to transcend what is fixed, tamed and predictable, both individually and globally, at the microcosmic and macro-cosmic level; to transcend what is within us and outside us. The author of the article analyzes the following issues: is there a positive aspect to creativity understood as the act of transcendence? And, given such an understanding of creativity, are all acts of creation, whether they involve the creation of great works of art, the pursuit of science, the processes of education and upbringing, or simply the resolution of daily problems, more spiritual than intellectual?</p></abstract>

The text aims to present how creativity and creative behaviours, understood as an act of transcending oneself and the world, can positively influence the fields of art, science, education and upbringing. A constitutional feature of creativity is its ability to transcend what is fixed, tamed and predictable, both individually and globally, at the microcosmic and macro-cosmic level; to transcend what is within us and outside us. The author of the article analyzes the following issues: is there a positive aspect to creativity understood as the act of transcendence? And, given such an understanding of creativity, are all acts of creation, whether they involve the creation of great works of art, the pursuit of science, the processes of education and upbringing, or simply the resolution of daily problems, more spiritual than intellectual?

Creativity as the Act of Transcending Oneself and the World: from Creativity to Transcendence

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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The text aims to present how creativity and creative behaviours, understood as an act of transcending oneself and the world, can positively influence the...

Creativity as the Act of Transcending Oneself and the World: from Creativity to Transcendence

Publié en ligne: 09 avr. 2020

Pages: 264 - 268

Reçu: 14 nov. 2018

Accepté: 20 janv. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2019-0015

Mots clés
Creativity, Transcending oneself, Transcending the world, Transcendence

© 2019 Katarzyna Citko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Creativity as the Act of Transcending Oneself and the World: from Creativity to Transcendence

Publié en ligne: 09 avr. 2020

Pages: 264 - 268

Reçu: 14 nov. 2018

Accepté: 20 janv. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2019-0015

Mots clésCreativity, Transcending oneself, Transcending the world, Transcendence

© 2019 Katarzyna Citko, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Creativity, Transcending oneself, Transcending the world, Transcendence