Public lecture of Rüdiger Safranski Evil of the Drama of Freedom
On October 2, 2014 Rüdiger Safranski Professor at Free University of Berlin visited Ilia State University, where he delivered a public lecture on the Evil and the Drama of Freedom. Prof. Safranski was invited by ISU S. Tsereteli Institute for Philosophy. Prof. Giga Zedania, Rector of Ilia State University introduced honored guest to the academics and the wider audience. Prof. Safranski is one of the most significant contemporary German Philosophers and literary critics.
During the meeting with Georgian audience Professor Safranski gave a talk about the concept of Evil and the notion of Freedom. First encounter of the concept of Evil was traced back in Biblical myths. The idea of Evil was discussed from the central positions of theological, philosophical and aesthetical approaches. Professor also talked about how the original concept of Evil was corrupted by personifying the evil and how the freedom of human being was lost by believing in devil. According to Prof. Rüdiger Safranski the question of evil in the philosophical sense of the word is connected to the problem of human nature. There was concluded in the lecture that evil is the price for freedom, though freedom is not the basis for evil and thus it [evil] should be understood as the drama of freedom of human beings. Prof. Safranski also paid attention to the confrontation with evil, historical phenomenon which was presented as Nazi politics directed towards destruction.
The meeting ended with the ceremony of awarding Professor Rüdiger Safranski the title of Honorary Doctor at Ilia State University.