Open AccessSpiritual and religious searches of Kievan Rus
Author(s) -
N. Naumova
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/1999.11.1012
Subject(s) - civilization , consciousness , perspective (graphical) , variety (cybernetics) , epistemology , spirituality , spiritual development , sociology , aesthetics , philosophy , history , art , archaeology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , visual arts
Today it is becoming increasingly apparent that the development of civilization takes place in at least two different ways. This is the path of the East and the West in the broad sense. The East did not give birth to such a variety of philosophical thought as the West, but it is unlikely that the spiritual world of the East can be regarded as being poorer. Rather the opposite. At the same time, comparing the spiritual world of the East and the West, we can no longer confine ourselves to the peculiarities of philosophical thought as the highest achievement of human consciousness. The comparison of non-philosophical systems, but rather of the spiritual worlds, is more legitimate if you raise issues in this perspective.