AUC Philosophica et Historica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philosophica et Historica) is a multidisciplinary academic journal focused on the humanities with more than 50 years of tradition.
The journal is indexed in CEEOL, DOAJ, and EBSCO.
AUC PHILOSOPHICA ET HISTORICA, Vol 2014 No 1 (2014), 57–64
Patočka, Myth, and Literature: Illustrations of the Possibility of Paradise on Earth
Inês Pereira Rodrigues
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/24647055.2015.6
published online: 20. 01. 2015
abstract
In a couple of different works, Jan Patočka discusses the possibility of building a new paradise on earth, relating it to myths of a primeval paradise as well as some works by Dostoevsky. In some of Patočka’s writings, this possibility of a paradise on earth also appears, described as ‘new love’ or ‘universal love’. Unlike the myths of a time before the Fall, the possibility of an earthly paradise would be true to the human condition of finitude, understanding, and freedom. However, what is – or is there – the possibility of heaven on earth? What are the differences between the original paradise and the promise of this one? What is ‘love’, or are there different loves?
keywords: Jan Patočka; myth; literature; paradise; love
periodicity: 2 x per year
ISSN: 0567-8293
E-ISSN: 2464-7055
