„Teraźniejszość istnieje tylko dlatego, że przyszłość zamienia się w przeszłość” – Momo i Mistrza Hory rozważania o czasie na tle teorii filozoficznych i koncepcji antropologicznych

Abstract

The novel Momo by Michael Ende, published in 1973 with the subtitle A peculiar story about the thieves of time and a child who returned people their stolen time, is often seen as a critical study of civilization and social changes. The narratives present in Momo, however, are primarily reflections on time, the passing and disappearance of positive interpersonal relationships, expressed using simple categories – understandable to young readers. It is also an attempt to present an eponymous phenomenon, having all the attributes of a primary concept (and therefore escaping unambiguous definition) in the network of relationships that directly affect the condition of modern man. Taking this point of view, the book by Michael Ende may provoke an attempt to synthetically juxtapose the descriptions of time present in the narrative of the novel against the “classical” or contemporary philosophical and anthropological concepts that place time in the center of attention as one of the basic existential determinants.