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This work delves into the philosophical discourse surrounding faith in Russian and European contexts, emphasizing Edmund Husserl's reflection on the loss of humanity's inherent telos. By contrasting the universality of reason in the West with the essence of "true being" in Russia, the text navigates deeply influential thoughts from philosophers like Koyré, Chadaev, Kireevsky, and Dostoevsky. It examines the core of belief, affective truth, and the significance of faith in understanding identity and existence, highlighting how these concepts intertwine within Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.
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Andrea Oppo, PhD Remnants of a “Mid-land” The Russian Concept of Faith and European Philosophy
Edmund Husserl: “The telosthatwasinborn in Europeanhumanity (i.e. being ‘humanity’ throughphilosophicalreason) hasbeenlost” (1935)
“If man loses this faith, it means nothing less than the loss of faith ‘in himself,’ in his own true being.” (E. Husserl, The Crisis of European Sciences, part I, § 5)
Universality of Reason (logos) [West] Vs. Universality of “True Being” (life) [Russia]
Alexandre Koyré “[…] Il y manquait quelque chose; peut-être aussi y avait-il quelque chose de trop...” (La philosophie et le problème national en Russie au début du XIX siècle, p. 259)
Russia and the West • P. Chadaaev • I. Kireevsky • A. Khomiakov • F. Dostoevsky • V. Solovyov • N. Berdyaev • M. Bakhtin
Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873) “Russia cannot be understood with the mind alone, No ordinary yardstick can span her greatness: She stands alone, unique – In Russia, one can only believe.”
Faith • Verit’ [верить] = tobelieve, tohavefaith in • Vera [вера]= faith • Latin: Verus[Sources: Pokorny, Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch; Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch] • Indo-European root:*wer ("affection,” ”friendship”) (whichhasbeenkept in the Latin word "se-verus" i.e. “withoutaffection," in fact, “severe”)
The “Russian” Truth Pravda Istina Affective truth What matters “to me” Religious and moral truth • Objective world • Common facts • Scientific truth
St. Augustine (De Trinitate 13, 2-5) Fides quae Fides qua The Faith in which one believes In Latin: Crede mihi (dative of affection) • The object of belief itself In Latin: • Credere + accusative (object)