JUSTIFICATION OF THE GOOD: an Essay on Moral Philosophy

by Solovyof, V.; N. Duddington, trans

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London:: Constable,, [1918]. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine gilt-stamped; spine ends lightly worn; front hinge & cover tips repaired; fore & bottom edges untrimmed; otherwise good.. 4pp. publisher ads. 1918 First English trans. of 1898 second Russian edn. ||| Vladimir Solovyof, (also transliterated `Soloviev') 1853-1900; Russian philosopher & theologian `of vast & conscientious learning, familiar with patristic & gnostic literature on one hand, & with modern philosophy on the other...[his] work foreshadowed 20th-century movement for the reconciliation of Christian churches with one another & with scientific thought.'--Ency. Brit. ||| He blamed Byzantines for their role in the ancient East-West religious schism, & opposed intolerant Slavophil tenets of inevitable Russian superiority over Western European culture.