Lev Karsavin Quotes
Lev Platonovich Karsavin was a Russian Orthodox religious philosopher, medieval historian, and one of the most original metaphysicians of the Russian religious renaissance. After early scholarly work on the medieval religious movements of Italy, he was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1922 with the Philosophers' Ship and settled at the University of Kaunas in Lithuania, where he produced his Philosophy of History, On Personality, and many essays. The quotes below are attributed to Lev Karsavin, organized by topic.
Lev Karsavin on Love
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Attributed to Lev Karsavin:
“All-unity is the structure of being and the law of love.”
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Attributed to Lev Karsavin:
“Symphonic personhood unites uniqueness and communion.”
Lev Karsavin on Mind
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Attributed to Lev Karsavin:
“Personality is the bearer of metaphysical reality.”
Lev Karsavin on Politics
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Attributed to Lev Karsavin:
“The nation is a personality of higher order, included in the universal.”
Lev Karsavin on Time
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Attributed to Lev Karsavin:
“History is the struggle of all-unity to realize itself in time.”