{"product_id":"war-progress-and-the-end-of-history-three-conversations-including-a-short-story-of-the-anti-christ-9780940262355","title":"War, Progress, and the End of History: Three Conversations, Including a Short Story of the Anti-Christ","description":"\"Is \u003ci\u003eevil\u003c\/i\u003e only a natural \u003ci\u003edefect, \u003c\/i\u003e an imperfection disappearing by itself with the growth of good, or is it a real \u003ci\u003epower, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eruling\u003c\/i\u003e our world by means of temptations, so that, to fight it successfully, assistance must be found in another sphere of being? This vital question can be fully examined and solved only in a complete system of metaphysics.\" -- \u003cb\u003eVladimir Solovyov\u003c\/b\u003e (preface)\u003cp\u003eIn this prophetic, millennial work, written by Russia's greatest philosopher at the end of the last century, the great task facing humanity as progress races to end history is the resistance to evil. Solovyov addresses what seem to him the three main trends of our time: economic materialism, Tolstoyan abstract moralism, and Nietzschean hubris--the first is already present, the second imminent, while the last is the apocalyptic precursor of the Antichrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In War, Progress, and the End of History: Three Conversations, \u003c\/i\u003e Solovyov remained faithful to his belief in the final triumph of true Christianity, but he made a detour through the vast deserts of time under the control of the Prince of This World. Made cautious by historical tragedy, which has caught in its grip innumerable inhabitants of our planet, we should read Solovyov's testament today as a letter addressed to \u003ci\u003eus, \u003c\/i\u003e one still of actuality.\" -- \u003cb\u003eCzeslaw Milosz\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolovyov, Vladimir:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eVladimir Solovyov\u003c\/b\u003e (1853-1900), one of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, was the founder of a tradition of Russian spirituality that brought together philosophy, mysticism, and theology with a powerful social message. A close friend of Dostoevsky, a Platonist, and a gnostic visionary, Solovyov was a prophet, having been granted three visions of Sophia, Divine Wisdom. He was also a poet and a profoundly Christian metaphysicist. His most important works include \u003ci\u003eLectures on Divine Humanity; The Justification of the Good;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar, Progress, and the End of History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilosz, Czeslaw:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eCzeslaw Milosz\u003c\/strong\u003e (1911-2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the twentieth century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. Milosz survived the German occupation of Warsaw during World War II and became a cultural attaché for the Polish government during the post-war period. When communist authorities threatened his safety, he defected to France and ultimately chose exile in the United States, where he became a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His poetry--particularly about his wartime experience--and his appraisal of Stalinism in a prose book, \u003ci\u003eThe Captive Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, brought him renown as a leading \u003ci\u003eémigré\u003c\/i\u003e artist and intellectual. Throughout his life and work, Milosz tackled questions of morality, politics, history, and faith. As a translator, he introduced Western works to a Polish audience, and as a scholar and editor, he championed a greater awareness of Slavic literature in the West. Faith played a role in his work as he explored his Catholicism and personal experience. Milosz died in Kraków, Poland, in 2004. He is interred in Skalka, a church that is known in Poland as a place of honor for distinguished Poles.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoeller, Stephan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eStephan A. Hoeller, \u003c\/b\u003e born in Hungary, speaks regularly at the Los Angeles Gnostic Society on Western inner traditions, with emphasis on Jungian psychology and Gnostic wisdom. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJung and the Lost Gospels: Insights into the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lindisfarne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524007694610,"sku":"9780940262355","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81ffae0d-7d6d-4ce4-a617-7a7baff2c4c5.jpg?v=1731172363","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-progress-and-the-end-of-history-three-conversations-including-a-short-story-of-the-anti-christ-9780940262355","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}