Homo absconditus in the spirit of philosophical practice
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Nikolai Berdyaev, homo absconditus, philosophical practice, psycho-synthesis, creativityAbstract
https://doi.org/10.21860/j.16.1.11
“Man needs psycho-synthesis more than psychoanalysis”, writes the Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev, along whose lines this work aims to explore the hidden man in the form of psychosynthesis that can be offered by philosophical practice, because according to the same philosopher, man is “an enigma in this world, possibly the biggest puzzle.” Unraveling the riddle of this Homo absconditus will reveal a man different from the one who needs psychotherapy, as a form of care for one’s mental composition to cope with society, societal-social, social-technical-organizational structures of one’s own immediate reality. In the spirit of good philosophical practice, aimed at the treatment of man under the form of psychosynthesis, attention must be drawn to the emergence of what is hidden in man, what exists under the mask of one’s social persona as the “real man”, who is seen in psychoanalysis as a “shadow” or something hidden, one who must be reached in order to even approach the path of one’s own healing.
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