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Nikolai Lossky Quotes

Nikolai Onufrievich Lossky was a Russian Orthodox religious philosopher and the principal architect of the metaphysical position he called intuitivism. A professor at St. The quotes below are attributed to Nikolai Lossky, organized by topic.

Nikolai Lossky on Freedom

  • Attributed to Nikolai Lossky:

    “Freedom is the creative source of the world's evolution.”

Nikolai Lossky on Knowledge

  • Attributed to Nikolai Lossky:

    “Knowledge is the immediate presence of the object in the knower.”

Nikolai Lossky on Mind

  • Attributed to Nikolai Lossky:

    “Personality is the bearer of metaphysical reality.”

Nikolai Lossky on Nature

  • Attributed to Nikolai Lossky:

    “The world is a whole, in which every part is internally related to every other.”

Nikolai Lossky on Truth

  • Attributed to Nikolai Lossky:

    “Reality must be intuited, not merely inferred.”

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