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A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING

The article deals with the philosophical analysis of pain and suffering emphasizing their inseparable connection with human life. The author examines these human sensations including the findings of medical scientists in this topic, but those are only in the background. The ontological, axiological and anthropological perspective was discussed as the primary aspect of considerations on pain and suffering. Based on Polish and foreign literature sense and senselessness, fear and evil related to suffering and pain are discussed. The article draws attention to the hidden dimension of pain and suffering. It reveals what is difficult to see in life – a sore, suffering man. The awareness of the existence of this network is helpful in understanding the phenomena which every man is about to face one day in his life. It is worth being prepared for this meeting.