Theodor DAMIAN - The Rescue of the Self - Man’s Metaphysical Vocation and the Dignity of Being in Relation

Theodor DAMIAN

Rev. Prof. Emeritus, PhD Faculty of Human Services and Education Metropolitan College of New York

Abstract:

Man does not possess his own self. As image of God, man is a mystery to himself. Yet he is called to explore that mystery, not to explain it, so that he can discover his authentic vocation in life which requires him to transcend knowledge as it is commonly understood, meaning to become metaphysically realistic and keeping his original dignity by building a cruciform type of relationship: on the horizontal with his fellow man, and based on that, on the vertical, with God.

Keywords:

self, image, God, absolute, understanding, knowledge, participation, dignity, deification

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