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Work #525 · Mid

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

Pavel Florensky
1914 · Russian
Religious-philosophical letters · Russian Orthodox religious philosophy (Silver Age)

Florensky's 1914 foundational Russian Orthodox religious philosophy — twelve letters on Trinity, sophia, and antinomy

Attribute Fingerprint

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Attribute The Pillar and Ground of the Truth (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Plural
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
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

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

The antinomic-revelatory time.

Space

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

The mystical-ecclesial space.

Matter

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

Material reality pervaded by Sophia.

Observer

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

The Orthodox-philosophical experiencer.

Energy

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

Energies of trinitarian-sophianic life.

Information

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

12-letter religious-philosophical framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Pillar and Ground of the Truth

Florensky's polymath theology cut short by his 1937 martyrdom under Soviet persecution.