Between Philosophical Theory and Religious Dogma: Philosophical Views of Father Sergius Bulgakov

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Toronto Journal of Theology Pub Date : 2021-09-28 DOI:10.3138/tjt-2021-0032

N. Gonotskaya, G. Kirilenko

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Abstract:We investigate the correlation of Sergius Bulgakov's views on the inescapable tragedy of philosophy with contradictions rooted in Bulgakov's philosophy itself. Based on comparative analyses of Bulgakov's views on the evolution of philosophy and peculiarities of Bulgakov's philosophizing, we conclude that the meaning created by his mental image of "the tragedy of philosophy" is much broader and more versatile than he himself intended. The tragedy of philosophical thinking is expressed in contradictions that arise between system-creating aspirations for philosophy and the need for the free movement of thought; between the passionate desire to affirm human individuality and the desire to substantiate the absolute basis of Being; between the will to live and the search for the meaning of life; between the philosophical search for truth and religious dogma; between the claims of reason and the ocean of the overmind or macrocosmic; and finally, the awareness of the acuteness of these contradictions and of the impossibility of going beyond their tragic circle. We conclude that Bulgakov's philosophical quest is the ultimate expression of the tragedy of philosophy. This is inevitable: immersion in the mythic is a natural result of the evolution of philosophy, striving for the Absolute.

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在哲学理论与宗教教条之间:布尔加科夫神父的哲学观

摘要：我们考察了布尔加科夫关于哲学不可避免悲剧的观点与布尔加科夫哲学本身矛盾的关系。通过对布尔加科夫的哲学进化观和布尔加科夫哲学思想的独特性的比较分析，我们得出结论：布尔加科夫“哲学悲剧”的心理意象所创造的意义比他自己想要的要广泛得多，也更具多样性。哲学思维的悲剧表现在对哲学的系统性渴望与思想自由运动的需要之间的矛盾；在肯定人的个性的强烈愿望和证实存在的绝对基础的愿望之间；在生存意志和寻找生命意义之间；在对真理的哲学探索和宗教教条之间；在理性的主张和过度控制或宏观世界的海洋之间；最后，意识到这些矛盾的尖锐性，意识到不可能超越它们的悲剧圈子。布尔加科夫的哲学探索是哲学悲剧的终极表现。这是不可避免的：沉浸在神话中是哲学进化的自然结果，追求绝对。

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