Abstract
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.
Highlights
Faith is a mad struggle for the impossible - precisely that which Job undertook and about which Berdyaev and Kant are silent
Historians of Russian non-Marxist philosophy of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries agree that its roots are to be found in the Orthodox religion
The concept of all-unity refers to unity of existence, inter-permeation and separation of components of existence, i.e. Pascal's multiplicity in oneness and oneness in multiplicity. This concept was a main pre-occupation of Vladimir Solovyov, who initiated the philosophy of all-unity
Summary
Faith is a mad struggle for the impossible - precisely that which Job undertook and about which Berdyaev and Kant are silent. After a fewyears of philosophical suspension (groundlessness) and quest did Shestov find his inspiration through the works of Martin Luther. These had an important influence on the philosophical thought of Shestov It was in Luther's work that Shestov found the formula: Solafide, faith alone can be the foundation of renaissance of human being. These words were for Shestov the very essence of the Gospel revelation. This contrasts with Matthew's gospel where he said that works of mercy guarantee man life everlasting (Mt 25, 31-46) It was in his Sola fide, that Shestov analysed the spiritual evolution of Martin Luther.
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