Self-knowledge: an essay in autobiography
Origins. Environment. First influences. The Russian gentry -- Solitude. Anguish. Freedom. Revolt. Pity. Doubts and wrestlings of the spirit. Reflections on Eros -- First conversion. Search for the meaning of life -- The domain of philosophical knowledge. Philosophical sources. Existentialism and rom...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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San Rafael CA
Semantron Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 1950 |
| Edition: | Second, enlarged edition |
| Further subjects: | B
Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ 1874-1948
B Philosophers Biography Soviet Union |
| Summary: | Origins. Environment. First influences. The Russian gentry -- Solitude. Anguish. Freedom. Revolt. Pity. Doubts and wrestlings of the spirit. Reflections on Eros -- First conversion. Search for the meaning of life -- The domain of philosophical knowledge. Philosophical sources. Existentialism and romanticism -- Conversion to socialism. The domain of revolution. Marxism and idealism -- The Russian cultural renascence of the early twentieth century. Encounters -- The movement towards Christianity. The drama of religion. New encounters -- The domain of creativity. The meaning of the creative act. The creative act as ecstasy -- The Russian revolution and the domain of communism -- Russia and the west -- My final philosophical outlook. Confession of faith. The domain of eschatology. Time and eternity -- Concerning self-knowledge. The limits of self-knowledge. Auto-biographical conclusion. Years of ordeal |
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| Item Description: | Reprint. Originally published: London : Geoffrey Bles, 1950 Aus dem Russischen übersetzt |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 340 Seiten, Illustration |
| ISBN: | 1597312584 |