CHAADAEV AND THE PRINCIPLE OF UNITY

• Authors: Drozdek A.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In presenting a somber image of Russia in his 'Philosophical letter' and in solutions he offered, Chaadaev was motivated by the idea of universal unity: spiritual unity of all nations that resulted from the idea of cosmic unity, which, in turn, resulted from the idea of a providential God, the creator of all things and caring for His creation. This idea of unity is, philosophically, the most lasting element of Chaadaev's thought and becomes a unifying intellectual framework for other Russian thinkers. The fall disturbed the unity of the universe by giving rise to spatio-temporal world and the unity has to be restored by divine intervention and human cooperation.

Keywords

EN

ALL-UNITY; CHAADAEV P.; CHRISTIANITY; THEOLOGY

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Slavia Orientalis
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 47-60
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Drozdek A.

• A. Drozdek, Duquesne University 440 College Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15282 USA

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04979471