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The Russian Idea (Hardcover): Nicolas Berdyaev The Russian Idea (Hardcover)
Nicolas Berdyaev
R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Divine and the Human (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev The Divine and the Human (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by R.M. French
R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is about Divine Humanity, man's creative collaboration with God in the world. Nikolai Berdyaev's reflections on Divine Humanity lead him to outline a dramatic philosophy of destiny, a philosophy of existence which unfolds in time and passes over into eternity, into a state which is not death but transfiguration. He describes his method as existentially anthropocentric and spiritually religious; the dialectic of this book is a dialectic not of logic but of life, a living existential dialectic. He emphasizes that man must not only await a divine-human revelation, but work creatively to achieve one.

The Russian Idea (Paperback): Nicolas Berdyaev The Russian Idea (Paperback)
Nicolas Berdyaev
R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Freedom and the Spirit (Paperback, 5th Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev Freedom and the Spirit (Paperback, 5th Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by Oliver Fielding Clarke
R664 Discovery Miles 6 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, Berdyaev tells us that the creative development of the spirit and the free exercise of man's powers can be conceived only as the free cooperation of man with the work of God. Creative spiritual development represents a new principle which signifies an offering of human freedom to God, an offering which God expects from us. The life of the spirit is a creative and dynamic process. Spiritual development is possible only because there is freedom. Spiritual development is not movement on the plane of the external world, but the bringing to birth of forces which lie hidden in the inner depths of existence. To quote Berdyaev, "the spiritual world is like a torrent of fire in free creative dynamism." The Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) was one of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. His philosophy goes beyond mere thinking, mere rational conceptualization, and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence that are in contact with God's world. Berdyaev directed all of his efforts, philosophical as well as in his personal and public life, at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt to do this by tapping the divine creative powers which constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world. This is what Berdyaev said about himself: "Man, personality, freedom, creativeness, the eschatological-messianic resolution of the dualism of two worlds - these are my basic themes."

The Destiny of Man (Paperback, 3rd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev The Destiny of Man (Paperback, 3rd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by Natalie Duddington
R573 Discovery Miles 5 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In The Destiny of Man, Nikolai Berdyaev sketches the plan of a new ethics. This new ethics will be knowledge not only of good and evil, but also of the tragedy which is constantly present in moral experience and complicates all of man's moral judgments. It will emphasize the crucial importance of the personality and of human freedom. The new ethics will interpret moral life as a creative activity; it will be an ethics of free creativeness, an ethics that combines freedom, compassion, and creativeness.

The End of Our Time (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev The End of Our Time (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by Donald Attwater
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is the philosophical fruit of Nikolai Berdyaev's first-hand experience of, and reflections on, the crisis of European civilization in the aftermath of the Great War and the Russian Revolution. Berdyaev tells us that the modern age, with its failed Humanism, is being replaced by a new epoch: "the new middle ages," an epoch of darkness, an epoch of the universal night of history. Berdyaev asserts that this night is a good thing: in this darkness, which is a return to the mysterious life of the spirit, the destruction inflicted by the previous period of "light" will be healed: "Night is not less wonderful than day; it is equally the work of God; it is lit by the splendor of the stars and it reveals to us things that the day does not know. Night is closer than day to the mystery of all beginning" (pp. 70-71, present volume).

The Meaning of History (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev The Meaning of History (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim
R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, Nikolai Berdyaev examines the fundamental problems of the philosophy of history. For Berdyaev the philosophy of history is a science of the spirit bringing us into communion with the mysteries of spiritual life. The real philosophy of history is that of the triumph of authentic life over death; it is the participation of man in another reality which is much deeper and richer than the external reality in which he is immersed. The history of man and the world is rooted in "celestial history," in the deepest interior spiritual life, which can be equated with heavenly life, the life of eternity, the life of God. The source of history lies in this experience of the human spirit which is in direct communion with the divine spirit. The Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) was one of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. His philosophy goes beyond mere thinking, mere rational conceptualization, and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence that are in contact with God's world. Berdyaev directed all of his efforts, philosophical as well as in his personal and public life, at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt to do this by tapping the divine creative powers which constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world. This is what Berdyaev said about himself: "Man, personality, freedom, creativeness, the eschatological-messianic resolution of the dualism of two worlds - these are my basic themes."

The Fate of Man in the Modern World (Paperback): Nicolas Berdyaev The Fate of Man in the Modern World (Paperback)
Nicolas Berdyaev
R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Slavery and Freedom (Paperback): Nicolas Berdyaev, Nikolai Berdiaev Slavery and Freedom (Paperback)
Nicolas Berdyaev, Nikolai Berdiaev; Translated by R.M. French
R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Solitude and Society (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev Solitude and Society (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by George Reavey
R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this work, Berdyaev tells us that man's "I," his consciousness, is thrust up against a world of impersonal objects (the "objectified" world) and thus finds itself in a condition of alienation and isolation. In five ontological and epistemological meditations Berdyaev clarifies this condition of "objectification" and suggests ways it can be overcome, based on his "personalistic," "existential" philosophy. He shows how this philosophy can serve to counteract objectification and human isolation. Emphasis throughout is placed on modes of human communion and solitude in society. The Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) was one of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. His philosophy goes beyond mere thinking, mere rational conceptualization, and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence that are in contact with God's world. Berdyaev directed all of his efforts, philosophical as well as in his personal and public life, at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt to do this by tapping the divine creative powers which constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world. This is what Berdyaev said about himself: "Man, personality, freedom, creativeness, the eschatological-messianic resolution of the dualism of two worlds - these are my basic themes."

Slavery and Freedom (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev Slavery and Freedom (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by R.M. French
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, Nikolai Berdyaev examines the struggle against slavery in its diverse forms. When he speaks of slavery and freedom, although he also uses these terms in a political sense, the underlying meaning is metaphysical: for Berdyaev, political slavery and freedom are rooted in our metaphysical slavery and freedom. The philosophy of this book is deliberately personal; it is a philosophy of personalism. As a philosopher, Berdyaev not only wished to gain knowledge of the world, but also to change the world: he always denied that the things which the world presents to us are a stable and final reality; this also goes for the relation between slavery and freedom. For Berdyaev the spiritual liberation of man is tied to the realization of personality; it is the attainment of wholeness. The Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) was one of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. His philosophy goes beyond mere thinking, mere rational conceptualization, and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence that are in contact with God's world. Berdyaev directed all of his efforts, philosophical as well as in his personal and public life, at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt to do this by tapping the divine creative powers which constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world. This is what Berdyaev said about himself: "Man, personality, freedom, creativeness, the eschatological-messianic resolution of the dualism of two worlds - these are my basic themes."

Spirit and Reality (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev Spirit and Reality (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by George Reavey
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Spirit and Reality, Nikolai Berdyaev explores the nature of spirit, describes how modernity has obscured the true meaning of spirit by distorting objectifications and symbolizations, and tells how human creative activity, in concert with divine activity, can overcome these distortions and lead us into the kingdom of authentic spiritual life. A great change is needed which will lead us into the kingdom of the spirit; and in this kingdom we will live in a form of ascending and descending spiritual realism; we will be active rather than passive in spirit. God will descend down to us, and we will ascend to him on the wings of our creative spirit. The Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) was one of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. His philosophy goes beyond mere thinking, mere rational conceptualization, and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence that are in contact with God's world. Berdyaev directed all of his efforts, philosophical as well as in his personal and public life, at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt to do this by tapping the divine creative powers which constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world. This is what Berdyaev said about himself: "Man, personality, freedom, creativeness, the eschatological-messianic resolution of the dualism of two worlds - these are my basic themes."

The Meaning of the Creative Act (Paperback, Reprint ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev The Meaning of the Creative Act (Paperback, Reprint ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by Donald A. Lowrie
R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Meaning of the Creative Act is a seminal work for Nikolai Berdyaev. It adumbrates a number of crucially important themes that he develops in his later works, notably creative freedom as an essential element of human life and human creativeness as complementary to God's creativeness. Berdyaev's aim is to sketch out an "anthropodicy," a justification of man (as opposed to a theodicy, a justification of God); man is to be justified on the basis of his creative acts, inasmuch as he is a creature who is also a co-creator in God's work of creation. This is how Berdyaev puts it: "God awaits from us a creative act."

The Beginning and the End (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev The Beginning and the End (Paperback, 2nd Enl ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by R.M. French
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Written at the beginning of the world apocalypse which was World War II, The Beginning and the End is Nikolai Berdyaev's main book on eschatology. He describes his book as an "essay in the epistemological and metaphysical interpretation of the end of the world, of the end of history"; hence he calls it an "eschatological metaphysics." For Berdyaev the end of the world is a divine-human enterprise: man not only endures the end, but he also prepares the way for it. Man's creative activity is needed for the coming of the kingdom of God: God is in need of this activity and awaits it. Berdyaev tells us that the eschatological outlook is not limited to the prospect of the end of the world; it embraces every instant of life. This is how he puts it: "What one needs to do at every moment of one's life is to put an end to the old world and to begin a new world."

Dostoievsky - An Interpretation (Paperback): Nicolas Berdyaev Dostoievsky - An Interpretation (Paperback)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by Donald Attwater
R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"So great is the worth of Dostoevsky that to have produced him is by itself sufficient justification for the existence of the Russian people in the world." This is Nikolai Berdyaev's assessment of Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), the great Russian novelist, religious thinker, and prophet. Berdyaev's aim in this book is to examine Dostoevsky's spiritual side, to explore in all its depth the way in which Dostoevsky perceived the universe and to reconstruct out of these elements his entire world-view. Dostoevsky shows us new worlds, worlds in motion, by which alone human destinies can be made intelligible; and these worlds and these destinies can only be grasped by a spiritual analysis. Berdyaev provides such an analysis.

Self-Knowledge - An Essay in Autobiography (Paperback, Reprint ed.): Nicolas Berdyaev Self-Knowledge - An Essay in Autobiography (Paperback, Reprint ed.)
Nicolas Berdyaev; Foreword by Boris Jakim; Translated by Katharine Lampert
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R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nikolai Berdyaev describes this book as "a philosophical autobiography or a history of spirit and self-knowledge." This book is not only autobiographical; it is also a work of critical self-inquiry: Berdyaev subjects his ideas and his life to philosophical scrutiny, in order to discover his "own image and ultimate destiny." In passing, he elucidates the most important elements of his personalistic philosophy: freedom, creativeness, and divine-humanity. By plumbing the depths of his soul, Berdyaev felt that he could help formulate and resolve certain crucial problems concerning human destiny and contribute to the understanding of our era. The Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948) was one of the greatest religious thinkers of the twentieth century. His philosophy goes beyond mere thinking, mere rational conceptualization, and tries to attain authentic life itself: the profound layers of existence that are in contact with God's world. Berdyaev directed all of his efforts, philosophical as well as in his personal and public life, at replacing the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God. According to him, we can all attempt to do this by tapping the divine creative powers which constitute our true nature. Our mission is to be collaborators with God in His continuing creation of the world. This is what Berdyaev said about himself: "Man, personality, freedom, creativeness, the eschatological-messianic resolution of the dualism of two worlds - these are my basic themes."

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