TO THE QUESTION OF THE “SUNNY” NATURE OF THE WORDVIEW OF HRYHORII SKOVORODA

Abstract

The article is devoted to revealing the meanings and place of the constant "light" in the works of Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda. The idea of ​​its structural role in the picture of the world created in Skovoroda’s works is substantiated. In article the thesis about the viability, "sunshine" character of the  worldview of such outstanding and original artist-philosopher as Skovoroda.. The object of analysis is the poems and philosophical treatise "Booklet called Silenus Alcibiadis” (1776). The author of the article bases on the ambiguity of the constant "light" and founds the following meanings: "day, daylight hours, greetings to all in nature, time of sunshine", “a sign of the circle of life that passes man ("golden age")”; "happiness that everyone dreams of". It is also the spiritual part of human because, Skovoroda identified the cognition of light with self-knowledge, which, in turn, was the guiding principle of his conception of man. After all, the image of the light and of the sun was a manifestation of the wisdom of God, a necessary component of the universe. Basing on the presence of the idea of ​​light as a divine energ, which is spread throughout the earth, in the philosophical system of Hryhorii Skovoroda, the author of the article concludes that this poet and philosoph was close to the ideas of hesychasm. According to the concept of hesychasts, each person becomes God-like with the help of concentrating on his inner world, spiritual perfection. As a result of inner transforming such person becomes capable to influence the world and make it perfect according to the divine plan of the world order. The ideas of hesychasm influenced the Skovoroda’s concept of two worlds, which is developed in his treatise "Booklet called Silenus Alcibiadis”. In the article the ideas of treatise are correlated with mythological ideas about the opposition of the light to darkness, with mystical systems, with Greek philosophy, in particular Epicurus.