The Pillar and Ground of the Truth : : An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters /

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth : : An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters / / Pavel Florensky.

Pavel Florensky--certainly the greatest Russian theologian of the last century--is now recognized as one of Russia's greatest polymaths. Known as the Russian Leonardo da Vinci, he became a Russian Orthodox priest in 1911, while remaining deeply involved with the cultural, artistic, and scientif...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
VerfasserIn:
Florensky, Pavel,
TeilnehmendeR:
Gustafson, Richard F.
Jakim, Boris.
MitwirkendeR:
Gustafson, Richard F.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©1997
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSLATION
  • THE PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH
  • I. To the Reader
  • II. Letter One: Two Worlds
  • III. Letter Two: Doubt
  • IV. Letter Three: Triunity
  • V. Letter Four: The Light of the Truth
  • VI. Letter Five: The Comforter
  • VII. Letter Six: Contradiction
  • VIII. Letter Seven: Sin
  • IX. Letter Eight: Gehenna
  • X. Letter Nine: Creation
  • XI. Letter Ten: Sophia
  • XII. Letter Eleven: Friendship
  • XIII. Letter Twelve: Jealousy
  • XIV. Afterword
  • Clarification and Proof of Certain Particulars Assumed in the Text to Be Already Proved
  • XV. Certain Concepts from the Theory of Infinity
  • XVI. A Problem of Lewis Carroll and the Question of Dogma
  • XVII. Irrationalities in Mathematics and Dogma
  • XVIII. The Concept of Identity in Scholastic Philosophy
  • XIX. The Concept of Identity in Mathematical Logic
  • XX. Time and Fate
  • XXI. The Heart and Its Significance in the Spiritual Life of Man According to Scripture (An extract from P. D. Iurkevich's article)
  • XXII. An Icon of the Annunciation with Cosmic Symbolism
  • XXIII. On the Methodology of the Historical Critique
  • XXIV. The Turquoise Environment of Sophia and the Symbolism of Sky-Blue and Dark-Blue
  • XXV. Pascal's "Amulet"
  • XXVI. On the History of the Term "Antinomy"
  • XXVII. Estheticism and Religion
  • XXVIII. Homotypy in the Structure of the Human Body
  • XXIX. Remarks on Trinity
  • XXX. The Basic Symbols and Elementary Formulas of Symbolic Logic (for reference)
  • Notes and Brief Comments
  • NOTES
  • CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN SYMBOLS AND DRAWINGS
  • INDEX

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