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Work #609 · Late

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

Lev Shestov
1938 · Russian (also French)
Russian existentialist philosophy · Russian Jewish existential philosophy

Shestov's 1938 foundational text — Athens (Greek reason) vs. Jerusalem (Biblical faith)

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Attribute Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem) (Late)
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 Single
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 Scripture
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

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

Time as either Greek-necessitarian or Biblical-creative.

Space

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

Athens vs. Jerusalem as opposed philosophical-spiritual spaces.

Matter

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

The embodied human between necessity and divine possibility.

Observer

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

The Biblical-faith subject choosing Jerusalem over Athens.

Energy

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

Energies of Biblical faith over Greek reason.

Information

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

Existentialist-philosophical-Jewish framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Athens and Jerusalem (Athènes et Jérusalem)

Shestov's "Athens vs. Jerusalem" tension foundational for subsequent Jewish-philosophical thought (Strauss).