The main aim of the article is to demonstrate the elements indispensable to understanding how hermeneutics constitutes a fundamental “locus” in which the question of “truth” and the task of ...“metaphysics” may be again welcomed, understood and renewed. This task requires presenting historical views of authors who showed the real nature of hermeneutics. Such a historical exposition is composed of elements taken from the works of Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur and Betti. These authors are convinced that “philosophic hermeneutics” contains in itself an insuppressible veritative intentionality that constitutes its true nature and that cannot be contrary in principle to metaphysical truth. It intends to renovate the fundamental question. All of this, according to G. Mura, is a functional foundation for a “veritative hermeneutics,” for a hermeneutics of truth. Next, the author presents basic elements of veritative hermeneutics and its connection to history of philosophy. Nowadays, the problem of hermeneutics is a central issue in the process of restoring the relation between philosophy and theology – especially in the area of Biblical exegesis, dogmatic and fundamental theology.
Betti si pone decisamente e consapevolmente, come hanno illustrato anche i suoi più recenti studiosi, sulla tradizione filosofica e culturale di Giambattista Vico. Betti era legato a Vico non ...soltanto per la formazione generale dei suoi studi che era di carattere storico-giuridico, ma anche da una particolare concezione della storia che distingue la filosofia di Vico e quella di Betti dalle varie forme di storicismo che si svilupperanno nel corso sopprattutto del periodo Romantico e Postidealistico in ambito tedesco.
The "signs of time” is a phenomenon which due to its propagation and frequency, characterize a given epoch. By means of the signs, contemporary people express their needs and aspirations. The ...phenomenon of worldwide migrations at the turn of the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries on the international scale reached a universal character. International migrations point to often painful needs of mankind, who apart from great achievements, especially technical, were plagued with wars, conflicts, ethnic or religious persecutions. Eventually, there were ever increasing disproportions between the pace of development as regards political freedom o f the individual and the pace of abolishing inequalities in the civilizational development o f particular countries. This situation places migrations in the rank of the “signs of time”, towards which, among other things, the Catholic Church was called to take a stand. Vatican Council II and the teaching of successive popes clearly point out that people were well aware of this problem and took concrete measures, e.g. establishment of the Papal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Tourists, or the establishment of the Day of Migrant. The Church strongly reacts to the phenomenon of migration, showing her care about proper pastoral care for migrants in ethnic personal parishes, pastoral missions (Missio cum cura animarum), or the establishment of the Day of Migrant.
Among the many bonds between Poland and Italy the significance of religion and culture has always been fundamental. From the 12th century they made Polish scholars go to Italian universities and ...Italian artists and architects go to Poland where they constructed palaces and churches bringing to Poland their many centuries old cultural and religious experiences.The Polish Legions and participants in the unsuccessful November and January Uprisings were another group of Poles in Italy. After World War II the Polish colony in Italy was joined by soldiers of the 2nd Polish Corps who remained in Italy, most of them for political reasons. In the 1980’s about 30-35 thousand Poles emigrated from Poland to Italy; they next went to Canada, USA and other countries. Poles living in Italy always gathered round the Church and Polish priests. They made up a lot of Polish organizations, numerous foundations (The Margravine J. Umiastowska Foundation, The Lanckorońskis Foundation, The John Paul II Foundation) and scholarly institutes (Polish Historical Institute, Papal Institute of Ecclesiastical Studies). For several years the Polish colony in Italy, which earlier was associated in numerous Polish Circles and Centres, has been united and is represented by the Polish Association in Italy. The John Paul II Polish Home with the Centre for Documentation of John Paul II’ Pontificate that exists in Rome plays an important role. There are many Polish language periodicals, starting from the II Corps’ press, up to the “Polonia Włoska. Biuletyn Informacyjny” (“Polish Colony in Italy. Information Bulletin”) and periodical published by the Poles' Christian Association Quo Vadis that appear today. The Polish emigration is still very much diversified, the reason being the motives for leaving Poland and the time of stay abroad. The generation of the II Corps starts to die out and temporary economic emigration begins to dominate that is not interested in creating and developing Polish culture in Italy. At present the number of people in the Polish colony in Italy reaches 30 thousand.Poles have had their place in the Italian society for years. In the past Italian, for whose freedom Poles fought, called the Polish nation “La nazione nobile” (the noble nation). Now this good opinion of Poland and Poles is being shaken by the shameful behaviour of some of our countrymen who are looking for a way of quickly earning money in Italy, or of easy survival – in the case of people from the social lower classes. However, there are also Poles who, beside the Holy Father John Paul II, honestly work for Poland’s and Poles’ good name.