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Trinitas : filozofija - znanost - umjetnost : [humanistička oporuka intelektualnog velikana
Ova je knjiga svojevrsna oporuka Ivana Supeka, intelektualca i humanista, u kojoj kritizira filozofe i umjetnike za njihov antiscijentizam koji im je priječio razumijevanje današnjeg svijeta, ali i znanstvenike koji rezultate svojih postignuća "isporučuju" bez "moralne ili političke svijesti i odgovornosti". Promišljajući promašaje neoliberalne doktrine i dominaciju partitokracije poziva na uspostavu novog svijeta, svijeta sigurnosti, slobode i pravde. Supek je uvjeren da se taj pothvat može izvršiti jedino kroz jedinstvo filozofije, znanosti i umjetnosti, a poziva i sve narode da zajedničkim djelovanjem zaustave "pakleni stroj" i zasnuju budućnost mira i općeg blagostanja.
324 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
Ivan Supek
38 books6 followersIvan Supek was a Croatian physicist, philosopher, writer, playwright, peace activist and humanist.
Supek was born on April 8, 1915 in Zagreb, Croatia (still nominally under Austria-Hungary). During his high school days, he organized a local section of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia at his school, and was a member of the League until the Hitler-Stalin Pact. On one occasion, he secretly smuggled a briefcase to a man in Vienna he later found to be Josip Broz Tito. After finishing grammar school in Zagreb in 1934, he continued pursuing his education in Vienna for a brief period, then moved to Zuerich studying mathematics, physics, biology and philosophy. Increasingly interested in quantum physics and its philosophical consequences, he moved to Leipzig where in 1940 he obtained his PhD in physics under Werner Heisenberg. He worked on problems of superconductivity, but ultimately his doctoral dissertation was on electrical conductivity in metals in low temperatures. In March 1941 he was arrested by the Gestapo for being involved in antifascist activity and held in prison for many months. His professors, Heisenberg, Hund and von Weizsäcker intervened to release him from prison. Immediately after being released, instead of returning to Leipzig, he went back to Independent State of Croatia and joined the communist antifascist movement. He would not return to physics research again, focusing on his philosophical and literary work.
Supek was born on April 8, 1915 in Zagreb, Croatia (still nominally under Austria-Hungary). During his high school days, he organized a local section of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia at his school, and was a member of the League until the Hitler-Stalin Pact. On one occasion, he secretly smuggled a briefcase to a man in Vienna he later found to be Josip Broz Tito. After finishing grammar school in Zagreb in 1934, he continued pursuing his education in Vienna for a brief period, then moved to Zuerich studying mathematics, physics, biology and philosophy. Increasingly interested in quantum physics and its philosophical consequences, he moved to Leipzig where in 1940 he obtained his PhD in physics under Werner Heisenberg. He worked on problems of superconductivity, but ultimately his doctoral dissertation was on electrical conductivity in metals in low temperatures. In March 1941 he was arrested by the Gestapo for being involved in antifascist activity and held in prison for many months. His professors, Heisenberg, Hund and von Weizsäcker intervened to release him from prison. Immediately after being released, instead of returning to Leipzig, he went back to Independent State of Croatia and joined the communist antifascist movement. He would not return to physics research again, focusing on his philosophical and literary work.
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June 28, 2026
Supeku je, po mom mišljenju, gotovo nemoguće dati išta manje od petice. Riječ je o autoru koji je oličenje erudicije i koji sistematično, jasno i naširoko nastoji čitatelju prenijeti naučne, filozofske i umjetničke spoznaje, smještajući ih u kontekst društva koje se ubrzano mijenja.
Iz njegovih sam knjiga naučila mnoštvo pojmova, pravaca, ličnosti i djela koja su mijenjala svijet i potresala temelje dotadašnjih spoznaja. Supek vjeruje u nauku, humanizam, ljudske impulse i umjetnost, ali ponajviše u sam proces spoznaje. Upravo tako, na neki način, brusi i čitatelja.
Istina, njegove se knjige čitaju s punom pažnjom i fokusom; često se čini da bi gotovo svaku rečenicu trebalo podvući. U odnosu na knjigu koju je napisao nekoliko godina ranije, Na prekretnici milenija, ovdje ima manje političkih osvrta i manje, rekla bih, autorova emocionalnog vezivanja za pojedine teme. Ipak, Supek jasno pokazuje zašto je trinitas filozofije, znanosti i umjetnosti ona misaona mašina koja pokreće čovjeka dalje.
Iz njegovih sam knjiga naučila mnoštvo pojmova, pravaca, ličnosti i djela koja su mijenjala svijet i potresala temelje dotadašnjih spoznaja. Supek vjeruje u nauku, humanizam, ljudske impulse i umjetnost, ali ponajviše u sam proces spoznaje. Upravo tako, na neki način, brusi i čitatelja.
Istina, njegove se knjige čitaju s punom pažnjom i fokusom; često se čini da bi gotovo svaku rečenicu trebalo podvući. U odnosu na knjigu koju je napisao nekoliko godina ranije, Na prekretnici milenija, ovdje ima manje političkih osvrta i manje, rekla bih, autorova emocionalnog vezivanja za pojedine teme. Ipak, Supek jasno pokazuje zašto je trinitas filozofije, znanosti i umjetnosti ona misaona mašina koja pokreće čovjeka dalje.
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