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Work #1613 · Late

The Beginning and the End

Nikolai Berdyaev
1947 (Russian original 1941, Paris) · Russian
Philosophical-religious monograph · Russian religious philosophy / personalist existentialism / eschatological metaphysics

Berdyaev's 1947 'Beginning and the End' — eschatological metaphysics of creative freedom

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Attribute The Beginning and the End (Late)
Time · Extent Finite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Partial
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Finite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

The Beginning and the End

1947.

Space

The Beginning and the End

Paris exile.

Matter

The Beginning and the End

Late systematic monograph.

Observer

The Beginning and the End

Late Berdyaev.

Energy

The Beginning and the End

Late-religious-philosophical energies.

Information

The Beginning and the End

Single late book.

Internal Tensions

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The Beginning and the End

Late-Berdyaev systematic statement of eschatological-personalist metaphysics.