Shestov's Quest for Certainty of Faith

• Authors: Aleksandra Macintosh

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• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This article reconstructs Lev Shestov’s views on the Christian faith and, more specifically, his exploration of religious philosophy. Shestov was raised in the Jewish tradition, and as a mature man he was baptized in the Orthodox Church. The article shows the twists and turns of his intellectual quest, which took him from Marxism, via criticism of 19th century intellectualism, to religious philosophy.

Keywords

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Certainty; Faith; Reason; Kant, Immanuel; Shestov, Lew; existential philosophy; Russian philosophy

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Forum Philosophicum
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 11
• Pages: 211-222

Contributors

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Aleksandra Macintosh

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