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Excerpt from Nicolas Berdyaev and the New Middle Ages
I am no upholder of the well-known principle of enquiry sine ira aut studio, detachedness for the simple fact that it cannot be attained, at least in living human thought. It is scarcely-possible to know and understand the mind of an author unless one is capable of entering into it sympathetically, and in some sense of identifying oneself with it; those who aim at scientific objectivity and an impersonal neutrality are threatened with intellectual barrenness. Hence this book, being an attempt at expounding Berdyaev''s thought, bears with it some of my own convictions otherwise I would never have ventured to write it.
I should like to make it quite clear that the limits imposed on me by the purpose and size of this book made it quite impossible to exhaust the whole content of Berdyaev''s thought. I have been compelled to disregard some of its important aspects, and to single out only the decisive tendencies which have bearing on his general outlook. This applies especially to section 3, where I have endeavoured to do the impossible - namely, to describe in a few pages both Berdyaev''s philosophy and theology as well as his teaching about man. Such a description has inevitably entailed a discussion of some complex problems which may seem hard of access to the average reader. It would, however, do little justice to Berdyaev to over-simplify them or to disregard them altogether. Moreover their relevance is not confined to Berdyaev''s thought, but is actually of general importance.
I should like to express my gratitude to Father Victor White, o.p., who, while disagreeing with some of my conclusions, has helped me with many valuable con structive criticisms and suggestions, and above all to my wife, without whose help the book could never have been written.
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I am no upholder of the well-known principle of enquiry sine ira aut studio, detachedness for the simple fact that it cannot be attained, at least in living human thought. It is scarcely-possible to know and understand the mind of an author unless one is capable of entering into it sympathetically, and in some sense of identifying oneself with it; those who aim at scientific objectivity and an impersonal neutrality are threatened with intellectual barrenness. Hence this book, being an attempt at expounding Berdyaev''s thought, bears with it some of my own convictions otherwise I would never have ventured to write it.
I should like to make it quite clear that the limits imposed on me by the purpose and size of this book made it quite impossible to exhaust the whole content of Berdyaev''s thought. I have been compelled to disregard some of its important aspects, and to single out only the decisive tendencies which have bearing on his general outlook. This applies especially to section 3, where I have endeavoured to do the impossible - namely, to describe in a few pages both Berdyaev''s philosophy and theology as well as his teaching about man. Such a description has inevitably entailed a discussion of some complex problems which may seem hard of access to the average reader. It would, however, do little justice to Berdyaev to over-simplify them or to disregard them altogether. Moreover their relevance is not confined to Berdyaev''s thought, but is actually of general importance.
I should like to express my gratitude to Father Victor White, o.p., who, while disagreeing with some of my conclusions, has helped me with many valuable con structive criticisms and suggestions, and above all to my wife, without whose help the book could never have been written.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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