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"Solovyov's book, I would dare say, IS the philosophy of love.
Solovyov's arguments are engaging, to say the least: engaging the
intellect, but also the depths of the reader's being. You can't say
that about many books. The highest praise I can offer is that The
Meaning of Love is the only modern book I know of that is worthy of
its subject in every respect."-David Fiedler, Gnosis Magazine "The
meaning and worth of love as a feeling is that it really forces us,
with all our being, to acknowledge for another the same absolute
significance that, because of the power of egoism, we are conscious
of only in our own selves. Love is important, not only as one of
our feelings but as the transfer of all our interest in life from
ourselves to another, as the shifting of the very center of our
lives...." "The meaning of human love, speaking generally, is the
justification and salvation of individuality through the sacrifice
of egoism. On this general basis we can also ... explain the
meaning of sexual love" (Vladimir Solovyov) What is the meaning of
love's intense emotion? Solovyov points to the spark of divinity
that we see in another human being and shows how this "living ideal
of Divine love, antecedent to our love, contains in itself the
secret of the idealization of our love." According to Solovyov,
love between men and women has a key role to play in the mystical
transfiguration of the world. Love, which allows one person to find
unconditional completion in another, becomes an evolutionary
strategy for overcoming cosmic disintegration.
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A Solovyov Anthology (Hardcover)
Vladimir Solovyov; Edited by S.L. Frank; Translated by Natalie Duddington
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R853
Discovery Miles 8 530
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A Solovyov Anthology (Paperback)
Vladimir Solovyov; Edited by S.L. Frank; Translated by Natalie Duddington
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R562
Discovery Miles 5 620
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This original translation of a key prophetic and apocalyptic work,
written by Russia's greatest philosopher at the end of the
nineteenth century, characterizes in bold strokes and with
astonishing prescience the challenges that mankind faces as
'progress' races to bring history to an end, calling us to
vigilance and resistance to evil. The passing of more than a
century since it was first written has not caused this remarkable
text to lose any of its lustre; indeed, it is more relevant today
than when it was first penned. Solovyov describes three main trends
of his (and our) time: economic materialism, Tolstoyan abstract
moralism, and the kind of hubris that has grown so rampant in
contemporary society. For him, over a century ago, the first was
all too present, and about to explode in the rise of the Communist
State. A hollow moralism, or a 'meaning' with no core, was
beginning to develop and would soon replace almost all vestiges of
traditional values. As for hubris, greed, and evil well-disguised
as good, this is the touchstone of society at the turn of the
twentieth to the twenty-first century, and is precisely what
Solovyov describes as the apocalyptic precursor of the Antichrist.
Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900), one of the greatest philosophers of
the nineteenth century. He helped establish a rich tradition of
Russian spirituality, inspiring a whole generation of thinkers, who
followed his many-faceted spirit into diverse realms, bringing
together philosophy, mysticism, theology, poetry, and powerful
visionary experience with a trenchant social message. Solovyov was
also a prophet, having been granted three visions of Sophia, Divine
Wisdom.
This new revised edition of Vision in Action is a workbook for
those involved in social creation -- in taking initiatives that
influence the social environment in which we live and where one's
ideas and actions can matter. The social world is a humanly created
world. In developing any enterprise -- whether a small business, an
educational center, service institution, co-op, or a volunteer
program -- what and how we do something makes a difference. Against
the background of the historical and organizational context of such
initiatives, the authors have put together a workbook for people
involved in the adventure of social creation. Chapters include:
Starting Initiatives; Getting Going; Ways of Working Together;
Vision, Mission and Long-Range Planning; Fund-raising; and
Imagination for the Future. Exercises, case studies, and
questionnaires are included. This is a basic tool for anyone called
to do something in the world.
n this prophetic, millennial work, written by Russia's greatest
philosopher at the end of the last century, the great task facing
humanity as progress races to end history is the resistance to
evil. Solovyov addresses what seem to him the three main trends of
our time: economic materialism, Tolstoyan abstract moralism, and
Nietzschean hubris--the first is already present, the second
imminent, while the last is the apocalyptic precursor of the
Antichrist.
Vladimir Solovyov, one of nineteenth-century Russia's greatest
Christian philosophers, was renowned as the leading defender of
Jewish civil rights in tsarist Russia in the 1880s. The Burning
Bush: Writings on Jews and Judaism presents an annotated
translation of Solovyov's complete oeuvre on the Jewish question,
elucidating his terminology and identifying his references to
persons, places, and texts, especially from biblical and rabbinic
writings. Many texts are provided in English translation by Gregory
Yuri Glazov for the first time, including Solovyov's obituary for
Joseph Rabinovitch, a pioneer of modern Messianic Judaism, and his
letter in the London Times of 1890 advocating for greater Jewish
civil rights in Russia, printed alongside a similar petition by
Cardinal Manning. Glazov's introduction presents a summary of
Solovyov's life, explains how the texts in this collection were
chosen, and provides a survey of Russian Jewish history to help the
reader understand the context and evaluate the significance of
Solovyov's work. In his extensive commentary in Part II, which
draws on key memoirs from family and friends, Glazov paints a rich
portrait of Solovyov's encounters with Jews and Judaism and of the
religious-philosophical ideas that he both brought to and derived
from those encounters. The Burning Bush explains why Jews
posthumously accorded Solovyov the accolade of a "righteous
gentile," and why his ecumenical hopes and struggles to reconcile
Judaism and Christianity and persuade secular authorities to
respect conscience and religious freedom still bear prophetic
vitality.
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