Cierpienie: cena, jaką płacimy za historię

Abstrakt

The article deals with the problem of suffering considered as the intrinsic part of historical consciousness. Historical consciousness, interpreted here as a way of thinking and not only as the subject of thinking (i.e. historical knowledge), is connected with the individual perspective. Th e individual awareness puts the great
burden of responsibility on the singular (and thinking historically) man. As people of historical culture we believe that our future is determined by our previous acts and decisions. Th erefore, suffering is the result of the gap between ‘is’ and ‘ought to be’, for which we feel responsible both as acting individuals and also as historical subjects.