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Quixote's Pilgrimage to Beauty as a Message for the Present
: The article expands the existing literary interpretations of Cervantes’ Don Quixote (inter-pretation of the character as a symbol and as the first existential hero of world literature), adding a philosophical-anthropological (especially phenomenological) and theological interpretation. The text deals with the aesthetic, ethical, and religious reflection on the character of Don Quixote through the prism of a new ‘reading’ of the novel and its protagonist in the spirit of the Catholic line of interpretation and the phenomenon of beauty. The interpretation of Don Quixote as a knight, saint, and fool is focused on the perspective of realising his ‘via pulchritudinis’ (path of beauty). As a pilgrim looking for Beauty, he is sought especially through the application of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theology of beauty. The author arrives at the concept of Don Quixote as a knight of beauty, whose love for Dulcinea is an analogy of the soul’s relationship with God, the source of all harmony and beauty. The text provides an argument supporting this interpretation. It shows the beauty of a life transformed by love and freedom, creating a bridge to transcendence. Don Quixote becomes a real patron of the Catholic literary heritage, and the author of the article recommends ‘reading’ it through the lens of beautifulness.
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The aim of the journal is to publish original scholarly and popular articles written by specialists working in these areas and to provide a decent platform for communication about the interaction between these fields of study. The Journal is on the List of non-impacted periodicals published in the Czech Republic. Within its orientation on Christian reflections in the context of social sciences and humanities the journal Caritas et Veritas is devoted primarily to practical matters related to ethics, the assisting professions and pedagogy.The aim of the journal is to publish original scholarly and popular articles written by specialists working in these areas and to provide a platform for communication about the interaction between these fields of study. That is why it is the editorial board''s aim to keep the entire journal easily accessible for practitioners in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The scholarly and popular sections of the journal as well as reviews of publications in Czech and Slovak language are therefore published in Czech. At the same time the editorial board strives to ensure that the scholarly studies published in the journal take account of international discourse and are accessible to it. The editorial and scholarly studies are therefore published also in English translation, scholarly studies written originally in English or another world language are also published in this way.