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

Name: Pillar and Ground of the Truth An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters
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ISBN: 9780691117676

ISBN-10: 0691117675

ISBN-13: 9780691117676

Edition: 1997

Authors: Pavel Florensky, Boris Jakim, Richard F. Gustafson

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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 scientific developments of his time. Arrested briefly by the Soviets in 1928, he returned to his scholarly activities until 1933, when he was sentenced to ten years of corrective labor in Siberia. There he continued his scientific work and ministered to his fellow prisoners until his death four years later. This volume is the first English translation of his rich and fascinating defense of Russian Orthodox…

Book details

List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 3/21/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Boris Jakim is an experienced translator of Russian religious thought. In addition to Florensky's work, he has translated the works of S. L. Frank, Vladimir Solovyov, and Sergius Bulgakov. He is also cotranslator of Ivan Goncharov's novel The Precipice.



Translator's


Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction to the Translation


The Pillar and Ground of the Truth



To the Reader



Letter One: Two Worlds



Letter Two: Doubt



Letter Three: Triunity



Letter Four: The Light of the Truth



Letter Five: The Comforter



Letter Six: Contradiction



Letter Seven: Sin



Letter Eight: Gehenna



Letter Nine: Creation



Letter Ten: Sophia



Letter Eleven: Friendship



Letter Twelve: Jealousy



Afterword


Clarification and Proof of Certain Particulars Assumed in the Text to Be Already Proved



Certain Concepts from the Theory of Infinity



A Problem of Lewis Carroll and the Question of Dogma



Irrationalities in Mathematics and Dogma



The Concept of Identity in Scholastic Philosophy



The Concept of Identity in Mathematical Logic



Time and Fate



The Heart and Its Significance in the Spiritual Life of Man According to Scripture



An Icon of the Annunciation with Cosmic Symbolism



On the Methodology of the Historical Critique



The Turquois Environment of Sophia and the Symbolism of Sky-Blue and Dark-Blue



Pascal's "Amulet"



On the History of the Term "Antinomy"



Estheticism and Religion



Homotypy in the Structure of the Human Body



Remarks on Trinity



The Basic Symbols and Elementary Formulas of Symbolic Logic (for reference)


Notes and Brief Comments


Notes


Clarification of Certain Symbols and Drawings


Index