Ivan Ilyin Quotes
Ivan Aleksandrovich Ilyin was a Russian Orthodox religious philosopher, legal theorist, and political thinker and one of the most consequential conservative voices of the Russian emigration. After studies under Husserl in Germany and a brief academic career in Moscow, he was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1922 with the Philosophers' Ship and settled first in Berlin and finally near Zurich. The quotes below are attributed to Ivan Ilyin, organized by topic.
Ivan Ilyin on God
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Attributed to Ivan Ilyin:
“Every authentic culture rests on a religious foundation.”
Ivan Ilyin on Love
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Attributed to Ivan Ilyin:
“Christian conservatism is the love of inheritance, not the fear of change.”
Ivan Ilyin on Mind
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Attributed to Ivan Ilyin:
“Spirit is the deepest substance of the human person.”
Ivan Ilyin on Politics
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Attributed to Ivan Ilyin:
“Russia is the home of the heart that has not yet found its full voice.”
Ivan Ilyin on Virtue
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Attributed to Ivan Ilyin:
“Resistance to evil is sometimes a moral duty, even when it must use force.”