Nikolai Berdyaev Summary

Berdiaev, Nikolai BERDIAEV, NIKOLAI (1874–1948), Russian philosopher and spiritual thinker. Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdiaev is one of the distinguished Christian existential philosophers of the ... Read more

Berdyaev, Nikolai Aleksandrovich(1874–1948) Nikolai Aleksandrovich Berdyaev, a Russian religious philosopher, was born in Kiev in a family of the old nobility. He attended the Kiev military sch... Read more

Nicholas Alexandrovich Berdyaev (1874-1948) was a Russian philosopher and religious thinker. He was a leading exponent of Christian existentialism and bridged the gap between religious thought in Russ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Lampert elucidates the concept of "God-Manhood" in Berdyaev's thought. [The idea of God-Manhood] summarizes the quintessence of Berdyaev's thou... Read more

In the following essay, Horowitz details the reasons for the ideological conflict between Berdyaev and his long-time friend M. O. Gershenzon. My philosophy has always been a philosophy of conflict... Read more

In the following excerpt, Vallon offers a critical appraisal of the salient concepts of Berdyaev's religious philosophy. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life... Read more

In the following essay, Mohan provides an overview of Berdyaev's life and thought. Reinhold Niebuhr once referred to Nicholas Berdyaev as the outstanding religious personality of our time. E... Read more

(The Paradox) 1 A CONCEPTION OF MAN Berdyaev's entire thinking is anthropocentric. The structure of his existential philosophy is erected on the foundation of his philosophical anthropology. H... Read more

In the following essay, Wood considers Berdyaev along with T. S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, and C. G. Jung as representative of modern thinkers whose works express a "revolt against time. " ... Read more