Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (Владимир Сергеевич Соловьёв)
1853-1900 · Russian Religious Thought · Prominent
Solovyov was a Russian philosopher of all-unity: history is God working his way into matter, and it finishes only when humanity consents of its own will to be lifted into God. In The Justification of the Good he grounded morals in three feelings, shame, pity and reverence, called the state organised pity, and argued against Tolstoy that stopping an evildoer by force is a duty. He attacked Russian nationalism and defended the Jews against antisemitism.
Signature
The position Solovyov is most identified with in the Profiler:
- Meaning
- strongly leans Inherent
- Highest Good
- Union with God
Positions on the 17 axes the sources answer
- Natural Processes
- strongly leans Purposeful (96 on a 0–100 scale from Mechanistic to Purposeful)
- Society
- mildly leans Collectivism (32 on a 0–100 scale from Collectivism to Individualism)
- Mind
- strongly leans Beyond Brain (90 on a 0–100 scale from Brain Only to Beyond Brain)
- The Divine
- leans Describable (19 on a 0–100 scale from Describable to Indescribable)
- Universals
- strongly leans Realism (10 on a 0–100 scale from Realism to Nominalism)
- Meaning
- strongly leans Inherent (96 on a 0–100 scale from Constructed to Inherent)
- Order
- leans Vertical (25 on a 0–100 scale from Vertical to Horizontal)
- Nature of Reality
- mildly between Unity and Multiplicity (40 on a 0–100 scale from Unity to Multiplicity)
- Ground of Being
- strongly leans Transcendence (92 on a 0–100 scale from Immanence to Transcendence)
- Truth
- leans Objective (85 on a 0–100 scale from Subjective to Objective)
- Opposition
- mildly between Sublation and Concurrence (60 on a 0–100 scale from Sublation to Concurrence)
- Nature
- leans Harmony (75 on a 0–100 scale from Mastery to Harmony)
- Polity
- mildly leans Illiberalism (37 on a 0–100 scale from Illiberalism to Liberalism)
- Ethics
- leans Means (83 on a 0–100 scale from Ends to Means)
- War
- mildly leans Militarism (64 on a 0–100 scale from Pacifism to Militarism)
- Ignorance
- strongly leans Bondage (6 on a 0–100 scale from Bondage to Bliss)
- Allegiance
- leans Global (71 on a 0–100 scale from Local to Global)
3 of 20 axes are left blank: the sources do not answer them, or Solovyov refused the framing. Nothing is imputed; a blank is not a middling score.
Foundational questions
- Theology
- Trinitarian Monotheism
What is your position on the existence and nature of God or gods? - Government
- Other
What is your ideal form of government? - Highest Good
- Union with God
What is the highest good? - Good and Evil
- Divine Drama
What is the fundamental nature of good and evil? - End of Things
- Apocalyptic Renewal
What is the ultimate end of all things? - Knowledge
- Other
What is the ultimate foundation of knowledge? - Ethics Basis
- Natural Law
What is the ultimate basis of ethics? - Agency
- Synergism
What is the nature of human agency and freedom? - Time
- Eschatological
What is the fundamental shape of time? - Economy
- Welfare Capitalism
What is the ideal organization of economic life? - Authority
- Natural Law
What is the legitimate source of authority? - Law
- Natural Law
What is the ultimate source of legitimate law? - Death
- Other
What happens at death? - Role of Emotion
- Virtue to Cultivate
What is the proper role of emotion? - Human Nature
- Imago Dei
What is human nature? - Primary Bond
- The Divine
What is your primary bond and loyalty?