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Nikolai Berdyaev

Born

in Kyiv, Ukraine

March 18, 1874

Died

March 24, 1948

Website

http://www.berdyaev.com/

Genre

Philosophy, Religion

Influences

Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, ...more

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Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev was born at Kyiv in 1874 of an aristocratic family. He commenced his education in a military school and subsequently entered the University of Kiev. There he accepted Marxism and took part in political agitation, for which he was expelled. At twenty-five he was exiled from Kiev to the north of Russia and narrowly escaped a second period of exile shortly before the Revolution. Before this, however, he had broken with Marxism in company with Sergius Bulgakov, and in 1909 he contributed to a symposium which reaffirmed the values of Orthodox Christianity. After the October Revolution he was appointed by the Bolshevists to a chair of philosophy in the University of Moscow, but soon fell into disfavour for his indep ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 2,453 ratings · 278 reviews · 141 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dostoevsky 4.13 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 1923 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Origin of Russian Communism by Nikolai Berdyaev, R.M. French (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1937 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Russian Idea 4.11 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1946 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slavery and Freedom by Nikolai Berdyaev, R.M. French (translator) 4.33 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1939 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Самопознание. Опыт философской автобиографии by Nikolai Berdyaev, Николай Бердяев 4.32 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1940 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Destiny of Man by Nikolai Berdyaev, Natalie Duddington (translator) 4.41 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1931 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Meaning of the Creative Act by Nikolai Berdyaev, Donald A. Lowrie (Translator), Boris Jakim (Foreword) 4.43 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1916 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	العزلة والمجتمع by Nikolai Berdyaev, نيقولاي بيرديائيف, فؤاد كامل (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1923 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Meaning of History by Nikolai Berdyaev, Daniel Pipes 4.25 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1923 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fate of Man in the Modern World 3.99 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1934	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history.”
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“The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.”
― Nikolai Berdyaev

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“There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.”
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tags: truth

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