Based on a study of synergetic, philosophical and theological methodology the phenomenon of man is analyzed, understood as a complex, open, and self-organizing system. The internal features of its functioning, its mechanisms of internal restructuring, depending on varied environment and changes in the internal needs of the system, its synergistic interaction with the higher system, understood in the framework of this research as God. Possible trajectories of the system and its ability to achieve optimum operation, the highest harmony, conventionally called “the man’s appropriation of heaven”, is examined.
"The Way to Heaven": Philosophical, Synergetic, and Theological Aspects
Written by I. Yu. Privalova
Keywords: man; system; synergy; synergistic interaction; philosophy; God; chaos; order; Heaven; hesychasm.
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