Alexander Filonenko. An ocean of secrets. - Kyiv: Spirit and Letter, Kharkov: Dante Center.
What does it mean to "live your life"? How to wake up every day with the expectation of something great? Why does the experience of holiness need friendship? How can you believe that evangelical depth is possible in every meeting, even a passing one? Can you imagine anything more valuable than a snowflake? From the attention to these and similar questions the amazing mosaic of life which Alexander Filonenko calls "pedagogy of surprise" develops. The Ocean of Secrets is a laboratory of such pedagogy: in a series of public meetings between a Ukrainian professor and Italian listeners, it becomes clear how philosophy, science and theology respond to man's need to experience the greatness of life. What does it mean to "live your life"? How to wake up every day in anticipation of something big? Why does the experience of holiness need friendship? How can one believe that every meeting, even a fleeting one, can have evangelical depth? Can you imagine anything more valuable than a snowflake? In view of these and similar issues, an amazing mosaic of life is formed, which Alexander Filonenko calls "the pedagogy of wonder." The book "Ocean of Secrets" is a laboratory of such pedagogy: in a series of public meetings of the Ukrainian professor with Italian students it becomes clear how philosophy, science and theology respond to the need of man to experience the greatness of life.
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