Energy and Symbolic in Pavel Florensky’s Conception of Space

Abstract

U radu se propituje simbolizacija prostora i njezina veza s energijnošću svega što postoji, a ona se temelji na antinomiji unutarnje/vanjsko kao jednoj od temeljnih antinomija u Florenskijevu razumijevanju prostorne organizacije i načina čovjekova postojanja u svijetu. Funkcionalnost simbola Florenskij objašnjava i opravdava energijom simbola, a energijnost se podjednako očituje i u jezičnoj djelatnosti (riječi, imenu Božjem), ikoni i umjetničkim djelima. S druge strane, znanost i filozofija – »opisi stvarnosti« – objašnjavaju se kao simbolički »modeli stvarnosti«.The paper examines symbolization of space and its link with the energy of everything that exists, based on the internal/external antinomy as one of the basic antinomies in Florensky’s understanding of spatial organization and mode of the man’s existence in the world. Functionality of symbol is explained and justified by Florensky by means of energy of symbols, while energy is also equally manifested in the language activity (words, God’s name), icon and works of art. On the other hand, science and philosophy – “descriptions of reality” – are explained as symbolic “models of reality”