The notion of a “defective god” in selected works by Stanisław Lem
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Discussed is the notion of a "defective god" and its variants featured in novels and short stories written by Stanisław Lem. Accordingly, god is a being devoid of such attributes as omnipotence and omniscience, one that does not exist in a separate, transcendent sphere of being, but is entangled in the world and matter, is limited by that world and also by beings which he created , and is gradually discovering all these limitations. The paper also contains a critical analysis of commentators’ views on the writer's idea.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2020.29.139-151
Date of publication: 2020-08-24 01:08:45
Date of submission: 2019-11-14 13:38:24
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