title: Reflections of Lev Shestov on the essence of freedom in the context of theology, philosophy and modern science
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metadata.value: Evlampiev, Igor I.
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T13:55:24Z
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T13:55:24Z
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metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Evlampiev I. I. Reflections of Lev Shestov on the essence of freedom in the context of theology, philosophy and modern science. Issues of Theology, 2020, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 136–152.
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metadata.value: http://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2020.109
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17563
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metadata.value: In his reflections on freedom, Lev Shestov considered any definition of freedom
  insufficient, which excludes the concept of arbitrariness, causeless action. Although
  he raises the source of the idea of freedom as arbitrariness (an arbitrary desire of a
  person violating the laws of nature) to the Jewish prophets, in reality it was taken by
  him from the reasoning of the hero of the novel by F. Dostoevsky, “Notes from the
  Underground.” The article proves that in the words of his hero, Dostoevsky objects
  to A. Schopenhauer in the concept of which all human actions are subject to strict
  causal laws, and freedom refers to the transcendental act of “choosing” one’s character,
  which determines the actions and remains unchanged throughout life. However,
  recognizing the strict regularity of all phenomena (and actions) within the world, one can see the highest human freedom in the ability to arbitrarily change the world
  as a whole. This is precisely what the hero of Dostoevsky, “not reconciling” with
  the laws of nature, has in mind, and it is precisely to this concept of freedom that
  Shestov comes to. The article shows that such an understanding of freedom has
  parallels in theology (in Kabbalah, in Sufism and in Christian Gnosticism), and also
  has some foundations in modern science: the quantum theory claims that the macroscopic
  world is the result of many acts of observation made jointly by all people.
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metadata.value: The research is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research as part of
  research project No. 18-00-00628 (18-00-00727 (K)).
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 2; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lev Shestov
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metadata.value: F. Dostoevsky
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metadata.value: A. Schopenhauer
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metadata.value: freedom as arbitrariness
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: changing the past
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metadata.value: mysticism
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metadata.value: nothing
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metadata.value: quantum theory
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metadata.value: Reflections of Lev Shestov on the essence of freedom in the context of theology, philosophy and modern science
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