RELAȚIA DINTRE ORIGINEA OMULUI ȘI LIBERTATE ÎN ANTICHITATEA GREACĂ ȘI PRIMELE SECOLE ALE CREȘTINISMULUI LA GEORGE F. MCLEAN – IMPLICAȚII CONTEMPORANE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6574175Keywords:
liberty, origin, rights, human being, divinityAbstract
The relationship between human origin and freedom in Greek antiquity and the first centuries of Christianity in George F. McLean’s writings - contemporary implications.
In this article we will show the meanings of the creationist origin of man and the divine-human Christian relationship for establishing the rights and freedoms of the human being, as well as the negative implications that occur when this relationship is lost sight of. In order to better highlight this Judeo-Christian model, we will show some metaphysical aspects that are found in this pattern in Greek culture since the pre-Christian period. In the absence of such a model, an individualistic approach is reached that not only loses sight of the practical dimension of life that brings moral significance to existence by discovering the value or good that then establishes the meaning of life justified by true satisfactions, but pushes the human being to a narcissistic consumerism. In our research we will follow the footsteps of George F. McLean who proposes a recovery of the Christian model of the origin of man in order to put on a solid foundation the rights and freedoms of the human being.
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