Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)
Vladimir Solovyov | |
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Russian Schellingianism[2] | |
Thesis | Critique of Abstract Principles (Kritika otvlechennykh nachal) 1880 |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion |
Notable ideas | Reviving and expanded the idea of Sophia |
Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov
Life and work
Vladimir Solovyov was born in
In his teens, he renounced Eastern Orthodoxy for nihilism, but later[when?] his disapproval of positivism[8][page needed] saw him begin to express some views that were in line with those of the Orthodox Church.[8][page needed] From 1869 to 1873 Solovyov studied at the Imperial Moscow University, where his philosophy professor was Pamfil Yurkevich[9] (1826-1874).
In his 1874 work The Crisis of Western Philosophy: Against the Positivists (
In 1877, Solovyov moved to
Solovyov's attempts to chart a course of civilization's progress toward an East-West Christian
Solovyov further elaborated this theme in his apocalyptic short-story "Tale of the Antichrist" (published in the Nedelya newspaper on 27 February 1900), in which China and Japan join forces to conquer Russia.[16] His 1894 poem Pan-Mongolism, whose opening lines serve as epigraph to the story, was widely seen as predicting the coming Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.[17]
Solovyov never married or had children, but he pursued idealized relationships as immortalized in his spiritual love-poetry, including with two women named Sophia.
Influence
It is widely held that Solovyov was one of the sources for Dostoevsky's characters
Sophiology
Solovyov synthesized a philosophy based on
Solovyov described his encounters with the entity Sophia in his works, such as Three Encounters and Lectures on Godmanhood. His fusion was driven by the desire to reconcile and/or unite with Orthodox Christianity the various traditions by the Russian
In his 2005 forward to Solovyov’s Justification of the Good, the Orthodox Christian theologian David Bentley Hart wrote a defense of Sophiology including a specific defense of Solovyov's later thought:
It is important to note that, in Solovyov’s developed reflections upon this figure (and in those of his successor Sophiologists,’ Pavel Florensky and Sergei Bulgakov), she was most definitely not an occult, or pagan, or Gnostic goddess, nor was she a fugitive from some Chaldean mystery cult, nor was she a speculative perversion of the Christian doctrine of God. She was not a fourth hypostasis in the Godhead, nor a fallen fragment of God, nor a literal world-soul, nor an eternal hypostasis who became incarnate as the Mother of God, nor most certainly the ‘feminine aspect of deity.’ Solovyov possessed too refined a mind to fall prey to the lure of cultic mythologies or childish anthropomorphisms, despite his interest in Gnosticism (or at least in its special pathos); and all such characterizations of the figure of Sophia are the result of misreadings (though, one must grant, misreadings partly occasioned by the young Solovyov’s penchant for poetic hyperbole). In truth, the divine Sophia is first and foremost a biblical figure, and ‘Sophiology’ was born of an honest attempt to interpret intelligibly the role ascribed to her in the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, in such a way as to complement the Logos Christology of the Fourth Gospel, while still not neglecting the ‘autonomy’ of creation within its very dependency upon the Logos.[29]
Sobornost
Solovyov sought to create a philosophy that could through his system of logic or reason reconcile all bodies of knowledge or disciplines of thought, and fuse all conflicting concepts into a single system. The central component of this complete philosophic reconciliation was the
Death
Intense mental work shattered Solovyov's health.[32] He died at the Moscow estate of Nikolai Petrovitch Troubetzkoy, where a relative of the latter, Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy, was living.[32][33]
By 1900, Solovyov was apparently a
Quotes
But if the faith communicated by the Church to Christian humanity is a living faith, and if the grace of the sacraments is an effectual grace, the resultant union of the divine and the human cannot be limited to the special domain of religion, but must extend to all Man's common relationships and must regenerate and transform his social and political life.[34]
Selected works
English translations
- The Heart of Reality: Essays on Beauty, Love, and Ethics. University of Notre Dame Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0268108939
- The Burning Bush: Writings on Jews and Judaism, Compiled 2016 by Lindisfarne Books, ISBN 978-0-940262-73-7
- The Crisis of Western Philosophy: Against the Positivists, 1874. Reprinted 1996 by Lindisfarne Books, ISBN 978-0-940262-73-7
- The Philosophical Principles of Integral Knowledge (1877)
- The Critique of Abstract Principles (1877–80)
- Lectures on Divine Humanity (1877–91)
- The Russian Idea, 1888. Translation published in 2015 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1508510079
- A Story of Anti-Christ (novel), 1900. Reprinted 2012 by Kassock Bros. Publishing Co., ISBN 978-1475136838
- The Justification of the Good, 1918. Reprinted 2010 by Cosimo Classics, ISBN 978-1-61640-281-5
- The Meaning of Love. Reprinted 1985 by Lindisfarne Books, ISBN 978-0-89281-068-0
- War, Progress, and the End of History: Three Conversations, Including a Short Story of the Anti-Christ, 1915. Reprinted 1990 by Lindisfarne Books, ISBN 978-0-940262-35-5
- Russia and the Universal Church,.ISBN 978-1-888992-29-8)
- Vladimir Solovyev; translated from the Russian by ISBN 1-59650-001-8.) 103 pages
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See also
- Apophatic theology
- Mikhail Epstein
- Leo Mikhailovich Lopatin
- Vladimir Lossky
- Phronesis
References
Footnotes
- ^ "Symbolism". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1998): "Schellingianism, Russian".
- ^ Pillar and Ground of Truth
- ^ The philosopher's family name has been spelt in various ways: Soloviev, Solov'ev Solovëv, Solowjew, Solov'jov, Solovieff, Solovioff and Solovyev. The most widely accepted transliterated form of his last name is Solovyov.
- ^ Dahm 1975, p. 219.
- ^ Бондарюк (Bondaryuk), Елена (Elena) (16 March 2018). "Дочь своего века, или Изменчивая Allegro" [The Daughter of Her Age, or the Volatile Allegro]. Крымский ТелеграфЪ (in Russian). No. 471. Simferopol, Crimea. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Kornblatt 2009, pp. 12, 22.
- ^ a b c d Lossky 1951.
- ^ Valliere 2007, p. 35.
- ^ Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russia and the Universal Church, trans. William G. von Peters (Chattanooga, TN: Catholic Resources, 2013).
- ^ Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, The Russian Church and the Papacy: An Abridgment of Russia and the Universal Church, ed. Ray Ryland (San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2001).
- ^ Ryland, Ray (2003). "Soloviev's Amen: A Russian Orthodox Argument for the Papacy". Crisis. Vol. 21, no. 10. pp. 35–38. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-268-02989-0.
- ^ "SOLOVYEV, VLADIMIR SERGEYEVICH". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Kornblatt 2009, pp. 68, 174.
- ^ a b Eskridge-Kosmach 2014, p. 662.
- ^ Kornblatt 2009, pp. 24.
- ^ Solovyov 2008.
- ^ Cioran 1977, p. 71.
- ^ Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue. (1919): The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy, Volume 2. Allen & Unwin. p. 228
- ^ Zouboff, Peter, Solovyov on Godmanhood: Solovyov's Lectures on Godmanhood Harmon Printing House: Poughkeepsie, New York, 1944; see Milosz 1990.
- ^ ISBN 1-59650-001-8.
- ^ Jacobs 2001, p. 44.
- ^ a b Carlson 1996.
- ^ Fr. Paul Mailleux, S.J. (2017), Blessed Leonid Feodorov: First Exarch of the Russian Catholic Church; Bridgebuilder between Rome and Moscow, Loreto Publications. Pages 11-13.
- ^ Powell 2007, p. 70.
- ^ "SOPHIAN HERESY". ecumenizm.tripod.com. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ISBN 9780567700469.
- ISBN 9780802828637.
- ^ Kostalevsky 1997.
- ^ Lossky 1951, pp. 81–134.
- ^ a b Zouboff, Peter P. (1944). Vladimir Solovyev's Lectures on Godmanhood. International University Press. p. 14. "The passionate intensity of his mental work shattered his health. On the thirty-first of July, in "Uzkoye", the country residence of Prince P. N. Troubetskoy, near Moscow, he passed away in the arms of his close friend, Prince S. N. Troubetskoy."
- ISBN 978-0805234046"Vladimir Solovyev died in the arms of his friend Sergey Nikolayevich Trubetskoy (1862–1905), on the estate of Uzkoye."
- ^ Solovyov, Vladimir (1948). Russia and the Universal Church. Translated by Herbert Rees. Geoffrey Bles Ltd. p. 10.
- ^ Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich (1948). "Russia and the Universal Church".
Works cited
- Carlson, Maria (1996). "Gnostic Elements in the Cosmogony of Vladimir Soloviev". In Kornblatt, Judith Deutsch; Gustafson, Richard F. (eds.). Russian Religious Thought. Madison, Wisconsin: ISBN 978-0-299-15134-8.
- Cioran, Samuel (1977). Vladimir Solov'ev and the Knighthood of the Divine Sophia. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
- ISBN 978-90-277-0507-5.
- S2CID 144102416.
- ISBN 978-0-8101-1825-6.
- Kornblatt, Judith Deutsch (2009). Divine Sophia: The Wisdom Writings of Vladimir Solovyov. Ithaca, New York: ISBN 978-0-8014-7479-8.
- Kostalevsky, Marina (1997). Dostoevsky and Soloviev: The Art of Integral Vision. New Haven, Connecticut: ISBN 978-0-300-06096-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8236-8074-0.
- ISBN 978-1-58420-212-7.
- Powell, Robert (2007) [2001]. The Sophia Teachings: The Emergence of the Divine Feminine in Our Time. Great Barrington, Massachusetts: Lindisfarne Books. ISBN 978-1-58420-048-2.
- Solovyov, Vladimir (2008). Jakim, Boris (ed.). The Religious Poetry of Vladimir Solovyov. Translated by Jakim, Boris; Magnus, Laury. San Rafael, California: ISBN 978-1-59731-279-0.
- Valliere, Paul (2007). "Vladimir Soloviev (1853–1900)". In >
Further reading
- du Quenoy, Paul. "Vladimir Solov’ev in Egypt: The Origins of the ‘Divine Sophia’ in Russian Religious Philosophy," Revolutionary Russia, 23: 2, December 2010.
- Finlan, Stephen. "The Comedy of Divinization in Soloviev," Theosis: Deification in Christian Theology (Eugene, Or.: Wipf & Stock, 2006), pp. 168–183.
- Gerrard, Thomas J. "Vladimir Soloviev – The Russian Newman," The Catholic World, Vol. CV, April/September, 1917.
- Groberg, Kristi. "Vladimir Sergeevich Solov'ev: a Bibliography," Modern Greek Studies Yearbook, vol.14–15, 1998.
- Kornblatt, Judith Deutsch. "Vladimir Sergeevich Solov’ev," Dictionary of Literary Bibliography, v295 (2004), pp. 377–386.
- Mrówczyński-Van Allen, Artur. Between the Icon and the idol. The Human Person and the Modern State in Russian Literature and Thought - Chaadayev, Soloviev, Grossman (Cascade Books, /Theopolitical Visions/, Eugene, Or., 2013).
- Nemeth, Thomas. The Early Solov'ëv and His Quest for Metaphysics. Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-3-319-01348-0[eBook]
- Stremooukhoff, Dimitrii N. Vladimir Soloviev and his Messianic Work (Paris, 1935; English translation: Belmont, MA: Nordland, 1980).
- Sutton, Jonathan. The Religious Philosophy of Vladimir Solovyov: Towards a Reassessment (Basingstoke, UK: Macmillan, 1988).
- Zernov, Nicholas. Three Russian prophets (London: SCM Press, 1944).
External links
- Works by or about Vladimir Solovyov at Internet Archive
- Works by Vladimir Solovyov at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900) – entry on Solovyov at Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/end/antichrist.shtml
- ALEXANDER II AND HIS TIMES: A Narrative History of Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky Several chapters on Solovyov
- http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/solovyov.htm
- http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/soloviev/soloviev.html
- http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/soloviev/biffi.html (address by Cardinal Giacomo Biffi)
- Vladimir-Sergeyevich-Solovyov // Britannica
- http://www.valley.net/~transnat/solsoc.html
- Tale of the Anti-Christ at the Wayback Machine (archived January 12, 2006) – excerpt from Three Conversations by Solovyov
- Civil Society and National Religion: Problems of Church, State, and Society in the Philosophy of Vladimir Solov'ëv (1853–1900)[permanent dead link] – research project at Centre for Russian Humanities Studies, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- http://rumkatkilise.org/necplus.htm
- English translations of 5 poems, including 8 of 18 acrostics from the cycle "Sappho"
- English translations of 2 poems by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky, 1921
- "The Positive Unity: How Solovyov's Ethics Can Contribute to Constructing a Working Model for Business Ethics in Modern Russia" by Andrey V. Shirin