All-Unity according to V. Soloviev and S. Frank. A Comparative Analysis

Teresa Obolevich

doi:10.35765/forphil.2010.1502.28

Abstract

In this article I will present and analyze the concept of all-unity of the two most famous Russian philosophers—Vladimir Soloviev (1853–1900) and Semyon Frank (1877–1958). As will be argued, the concept of all-unity is part of an old philosophical tradition. At the same time, it is an original idea of the Russian thought of the Silver Age (the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries).

Highlights

Both Soloviev and Frank taught about the existence of a structure called all-unity which embraces all beings and guarantees their organic connection
The concept of all-unity is part of an old philosophical tradition. It is an original idea of the Russian thought of the Silver Age
Soloviev intentionally referred to the philosophical and religion tradition. In his first work entitled The mythological process in the ancient paganism (1873) he noticed that the ancient gods were understood as an expression of all-unity[3]

Summary

Introduction

Both Soloviev and Frank taught about the existence of a structure called all-unity which embraces all beings and guarantees their organic connection. In this article I will present and analyze the concept of all-unity of the two most famous Russian philosophers – Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900) and Semyon Frank (1877-1958). In this way Soloviev describes the second Absolute which is the principle of all things.

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