Vladimir Solovyov 1853 – 1900

Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov was a Russian philosopher, theologian, and poet, the most important Russian philosopher of the nineteenth century and the founder of modern Russian religious philosophy. His Lectures on Divine Humanity and the Justification of the Good developed a metaphysics of total-unity in which all things are reconciled in Christ, and his Three Conversations grappled with the problem of evil at the end of his life. He was the first to articulate the vision of Sophia, the divine wisdom, that would shape later Russian thinkers including Bulgakov and Berdyaev. His friendship with Dostoevsky was deep and mutually transformative.