“Theurgic creativity” in philosophical conceptions of F. Nietzsche, Vl. Solovyov, and N. Berdyaev

Yevgeniya S Buzhor,Larisa V Milyaeva,Vadim I Buzhor,N.A Orekhovskaya

doi:10.1051/shsconf/202110301011

Abstract

The article presents a comparative analysis of theurgic activity in the works of three thinkers from the point of the generic understanding of theurgy as a “complete transformation of reality”. Despite the literal meaning of the term “theurgy”, according to all three thinkers, the indicated transforming influence is carried out by man and not by God. Although F. Nietzsche himself does not utilize the concept of theurgy, his theory of the Übermensch does fit into the framework of radical theurgic creativity since it presupposes a complete transformation of man carried out by himself, a change in his ontological nature. What is noted as a substantial similarity of the understanding of the transforming human activity by V. Solovyov and F. Nietzsche is that both thinkers view man as a product and the highest link of nature from which it follows that the highest calling of man is the transformation of not only himself but also nature. The difference lies in the fact that in Nietzsche’s view, the theurgic transformation is carried out by a person alone, through heroic effort. According to Solovyov, the main path of transformation of man and the world – the path of love – begins with a combination of two individuals and leads to conciliarity. In contrast, N. Berdyaev’s conception of theurgic creativity is distinguished by its radical transcendence, opposition to nature.

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The common feature of such different philosophers as Vl
This organization of reality following the divine plan is more precisely understood as restoring the total unity, that is, the transformation of empirical reality into the divine one
In “Self-knowledge”, Berdyaev stated: “I could only accept and experience Christianity as a religion of Godmanhood” [9, 10]. He understood the divinity of man much more radically compared to the founder of the Russian philosophy of total unity

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The common feature of such different philosophers as Vl. Solovyov and F. According to V.V. Bychkov, in Solovyov’s view, man “must freely and consciously, based on his own knowledge, reason, and faith, come to the understanding that he was created precisely to realize with his own hands the ultimate idea of cosmic creation – to organize reality in accordance with the divine plan” [4]. In Solovyov’s view, man “must freely and consciously, based on his own knowledge, reason, and faith, come to the understanding that he was created precisely to realize with his own hands the ultimate idea of cosmic creation – to organize reality in accordance with the divine plan” [4] This organization of reality following the divine plan is more precisely understood as restoring the total unity, that is, the transformation of empirical reality into the divine one. In creating beauty in the world through love and art, man contributes to the ontological transformation of his own self and other people but the entire universe

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