The Apotheosis of Groundlessness
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The Apotheosis of Groundlessness is a philosophical work by Lev Shestov that explores radical existential doubt, the collapse of rational certainties, and the possibility of faith beyond reason.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Apotheosis of Groundlessness canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Christian thought
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biblical motifs ⓘ |
| author | Lev Shestov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
despair of reason
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groundlessness ⓘ leap of faith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| critiques |
belief in necessary truths
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rationalism ⓘ systematic philosophy ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
irreducible freedom
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paradox in religious life ⓘ singular, personal experience ⓘ |
| explores |
breakdown of metaphysical certainties
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contingency of truth claims ⓘ crisis of meaning ⓘ groundlessness of human existence ⓘ limits of rational knowledge ⓘ relationship between faith and reason ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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religious philosophy ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Apotheosis of Groundlessness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century existential theology
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continental philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fyodor Dostoevsky
NERFINISHED
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Søren Kierkegaard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
collapse of rational certainties
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faith beyond reason ⓘ radical existential doubt ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
anti-rationalism
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existentialism ⓘ religious existentialism ⓘ |
| positionOnCertainty | no final rational ground for existence ⓘ |
| positionOnExistence | human existence is fundamentally precarious ⓘ |
| positionOnFaith | faith begins where rational certainty ends ⓘ |
| positionOnReason | reason is ultimately insufficient for ultimate truths ⓘ |
| questions |
possibility of objective foundations for ethics
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universality of rational norms ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
crisis of modernity
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problem of evil ⓘ suffering and faith ⓘ |
| supports |
personal encounter with the absolute
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possibility of faith beyond rational justification ⓘ |
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