Personality, Spirit, and Ethics: The Ethics of Nicholas Berdyaev [Paperback]

Howard A. Slaatte (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997 | ISBN-10: 0820436712 | ISBN-13: 978-0820436715

Personality, Spirit, and Ethics presents an existential personalist approach to the ethics of Nicholas Berdyaev, using expositions of his basic views and ethical extentions relative to his general philosophy and pro-religious outlook. This book presents a dialectical perspective of cardinal issues in understanding Berdyaev's ethical principles in relation to personal and social life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 122 pages
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820436712
• ISBN-13: 978-0820436715
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,729,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Good intentions, too bad not getting there, June 26, 2001

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This review is from: Personality, Spirit, and Ethics: The Ethics of Nicholas Berdyaev (Paperback)

I acquired with great hopes the book of Professor Emeritus Slaatte, because part of my own ongoing work covers Berdiaev, beside a few other important thinker figures. However, I must say that Prof. Slaatte's book turned out to be a disappointment. Despite the evidently good intentions of the author, he does not really get "there". This is to be regretted all the more, because the Index of the book is promising and consists of very relevant Berdiaevian entries, and because Prof. Slaatte's reading approach involves a multitude of detailed references to pages in Berdiaev's books.

For this or that reason, Prof. Slaatte's book does not really go into the thought of Berdiaev but somehow stays gliding in the surface. I see it as possible that Prof. Slaatte's own frame of reference is too different to allow ascent or descent into Berdiaev's sphere. The part of Berdiaev's ample production that Prof. Slaatte goes through is also limited. I find the best book on Berdiaev to be the one by Olivier Clement's, but it is only available in French, albeit in an edition that is not sold out by far.