Early religious writings, 1903-1909
Works. Selections. English
Florenskiĭ, P. A. (Pavel Aleksandrovich)
1882-1937
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miu
2017
monographic
eng
rus
xiii, 228 pages ; 23 cm
"Perhaps the most remarkable person devoured by the Gulag" is how Alexandr Solzhenitsyn described Pavel Florensky, a Russian Orthodox mathematician, scientist, linguist, art historian, philosopher, theologian, and priest who was martyred during the Bolshevik purges of the 1930s. This volume contains eight important religious works written by Florensky in the first decade of the twentieth century, now translated into English--most of them for the first time. Splendidly interweaving religious, scientific, and literary themes, these essays showcase the diversity of Florensky's broad learning and interests. Including reflections on the sacraments and explorations of Russian monastic culture, the volume concludes with "The Salt of the Earth," arguably Florensky's most spiritually moving work. -- From the publisher.
Superstition and miracle -- The empyrean and the empirical: a dialogue -- The goal and meaning of progress -- The prize of the high calling: an appreciation of the character of Archimandrite Serapion Mashkin -- Questions of religious self-knowledge -- Dogmatism and dogmatics -- Orthodoxy -- The salt of the earth: the story of the life of Abba Isidore -- Starets of the Gethsemane Skete compiled and told in order / by his unworthy spiritual son, Pavel Florensky.
Pavel Florensky ; translated by Boris Jakim.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the Russian.
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Philosophy, Russian
20th century
BX597.F6 A25 2017
230/.19
9780802874955
0802874959
2017006750
DLC
170313
20181126155428.0
ocn971348635
eng