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Biography of Nicholas Alexandrovich Berdyaev
Name: Nicholas Alexandrovich Berdyaev
Birth Date: March 19, 1874
Death Date: March 4, 1948
Place of Birth: Kiev, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Male
Occupations: philosopher, religious theorist
Nicholas Alexandrovich Berdyaev
Nicholas Alexandrovich Berdyaev (1874-1948) was a Russian philosopher and religious thinker. He was a leading exponent of Christian existentialism and bridged the gap between religious thought in Russia and the West.Nicholas Berdyaev was born on March 19, 1874, in Kiev of noble parents (his grandfather had been a leader of the Don Cossacks). At the age of 12 he entered the Kiev Cadet Corps, a school for future officers of the emperor's Life Guard. He hated military life and 6 years later transferred to Kiev University, where he became a radical Marxist and a political activist. He left his aristocratic family and in 1898 was expelled from the University, arrested, and sentenced to 2 years of banishment in Vologda, in northern Russia.It was during this period, a time of great intellectual activity, that Berdyaev broke with the Marxists. He read widely in philosophy and began a lifelong association with the Orthodox Church. After his release …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…of the Spirit and the Realm of Caesar. Further Reading Of the books in English on Berdyaev, only a small number may be recommended to the general reader. Donald Lowrie, Rebellious Prophet: A Life of Nicolai Berdyaev (1960), is the best biography. Michel Vallon, An Apostle of Freedom: Life and Teachings of Nicolas Berdyaev (1960), includes a relatively detailed biography and, in the second half of the book, a comparatively lucid exposition of Berdyaev's basic ideas. M. Spinka, Nicholas Berdyaev, Captive of Freedom (1950), succeeds in putting Berdyaev into a helpful historical and European focus. Less helpful are Evgueny Lampert, Nicolas Berdyaev and the New Middle Ages (1945); Edgar Leonard Allen, Freedom in God: A Guide to the Thought of Nicholas Berdyaev (1950); Oliver Fielding Clarke, Introduction to Berdyaev (1950); and George Seaver, Nicolas Berdyaev: An Introduction to His Thought (1950).Lowrie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander), 1889-1974, Rebellious prophet; a life of Nicolai Berdyae, Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press 1974, 1960.
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