Apolinario Mabini's concept of hope: A critical reflection on the Filipino Lebenswelt
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2007
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The name Apolinario Mabini became so important in the annals of the Philippine history. His life and writings served as basis for a philosophy that is truly a Filipino and a Batangueño. This paper is about Apolinario Mabini’s concept of hope and an attempt to highlight the importance of Apolinario Mabini in the development of Filipino philosophy. Mabini’s concept of hope is rooted from his philosophy of person, his philosophy of history, and his political and social philosophy, which in turn were rooted from his assessment of his own Lebenswelt and from his analysis of the Filipino Lebenswelt in general. From his own Lebenswelt, Mabini made his assessment on the nature of the human person. His concept of the human person is influenced by the Scholastic philosophy, which held the idea that the human person is a creature of God and bears the dignity as an imago Dei. The human person has the capacity to determine his/her responsibility over the other individuals and the capability to realize that his/her own happiness can only be made possible when one learns to live with the others. Nevertheless, living one’s life requires an experience of suffering. But this suffering is a means for the human person to realize that there is a need for him/her to search for the ultimate happiness; hence, suffering is seen as an integral part of human life in order for the human person to understand one’s duty and responsibility for the realization of his/her goal. From this concept, Mabini’s philosophy of person can be considered deontologico-teleological. Mabini’s philosophy of history follows a triadic pattern, which may bear resemblance with Giambattista Vico’s philosophy of history. According to Mabini, history is governed by the Divine Providence, who determines the destiny of the world. He held that God created a world that is good. Nevertheless, this world is also filled with sufferings and pain. However, Mabini held that this experience of pain and suffering is necessary for people to realize the need to seek for a better life. Mabini believed that it requires the realization of pain in order to achieve human progress. Moreover, he believed that the human person is destined to achieve happiness and fulfillment. In this case, Mabini’s philosophy of history may be considered as Stoic. He believed that everything that happens in history is according to the will of the Divine Providence. Nevertheless, Mabini held that happiness
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| Authors | Buenaflor, Lionel E. |
| Journal | Malay Journal |
| Year | 2007 |
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