This book includes: the fundamental work of Sergei Trubetskoy "The Doctrine of the Logos in Its History", his works "On the Nature of Human Consciousness", "The Foundations of Idealism" and the article by Piama Gaidenko "S. N. Trubetskoy's "Concrete Idealism".

"The Doctrine of the Logos in Its History" publ. From: Trubetskoy S.N. Uchenie o logose v ego istorii [The Doctrine of Logos in Its History]. Moscow: AST Publishing House; Kharkov "Folio", 2000. In square brackets - the author's notes, in curly brackets - the publishers.

Other works of publ. along:

Philosophical Heritage Volume 120 Sergey Nikolaevich TRUBETSKOY WORKS RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Philosophy Publishing House "Thought" Moscow - 1994

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THE DOCTRINE OF LOGOS IN ITS HISTORY

Introduction

The concept of the Logos is connected with Greek philosophy, in which it originated, and with Christian theology, in which it was established. How Christianity has adopted this concept to express its religious idea, and how far it actually corresponds to it, is a historical and philosophical question of the greatest importance to which the present study is devoted. The Greek Enlightenment and Christianity lie at the foundation of all European civilization; What is the inner relationship of these two principles?

In our days, in modern Protestant historiography, one constantly encounters the opinion that early Christian theology, with its teaching on the Logos, is a product of the Hellenization of Christianity, its obscuration by the pagan element, the product of a kind of Greek Orthodox Gnosticism. This opinion is expressed in connection with the negative attitude towards Greek philosophy, in connection with the negative attitude towards speculation in general. And it is expressed in connection with the latest anti-dogmatic view of Christianity, according to which it is a moral teaching par excellence, and the gospel of Christ is only the gospel of perfect morality, embracing man's relationship to God and neighbor.

Is this understanding of Christianity correct? It seems to us that a historical study of the idea of the Logos, which already penetrates into the first and purest expression of Christianity, the New Testament, will help us to illuminate this question. And further, is the negative attitude towards Greek philosophy, towards speculation in general, just? It may be remarked that this is already a question of valuation, which cannot be solved by purely historical research, but must be the subject of an independent

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