Pavel Florensky 1882 – 1937
Pavel Florensky (1882 – 1937) was a Russian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy and Christian Philosophy.
Pavel Aleksandrovich Florensky was a Russian Orthodox theologian, mathematician, electrical engineer, art historian, and philosopher of religion, often called the Russian Leonardo. After ordination he taught at the Moscow Theological Academy and continued, after the Revolution, to wear his cassock to scientific conferences while contributing to the Soviet electrification program. His major theological work, The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, develops a thought of antinomy, in which truth is grasped only by holding contraries together. He was arrested, imprisoned, and shot in the Gulag in 1937.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Russian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Continental Philosophy, Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Pavel Florensky:
“Truth is the antinomy revealed.”
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Attributed to Pavel Florensky:
“The icon is a window into the Kingdom.”
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Attributed to Pavel Florensky:
“Beauty is the bond of the universe.”
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Attributed to Pavel Florensky:
“All true knowledge is participation.”
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Attributed to Pavel Florensky:
“Faith is the reasonable extreme of reason.”
Pavel Florensky by topic
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- Pavel Florensky was born in 1882 and died in 1937.
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- Pavel Florensky was a Russian philosopher of the Contemporary era.
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- Pavel Florensky was associated with Continental Philosophy and Christian Philosophy.
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- Pavel Aleksandrovich Florensky was a Russian Orthodox theologian, mathematician, electrical engineer, art historian, and philosopher of religion, often called the Russian Leonardo.
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