PAVEL FLORENSKY The Pillar and Ground of the Truth AN ESSAY IN ORTHODOX THEODICY IN TWELVE LETTERS TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY Boris Jakim WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD F. GUSTAFSON PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORDCONTENTS TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSLATION, by Richard F. Gustafson THE PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH 1. To the Reader u. Letter One: Two Worlds m. Letter Two: Doubt 1. Letter Three: Triunity v. Letter Four: The Light of the Truth vi. Letter Five: The Comforter vu. Letter Six: Contradiction vit. Letter Seven: Sin 1x. Letter Eight: Gehenna x. Letter Nine: Creation x1. Letter Ten: Sophia xi. Letter Eleven: Friendship xu. Letter Twelve: Jealousy xiv. Afterword CLARIFICATION AND PROOF OF CERTAIN PARTICULARS ASSUMED IN THE TEXT TO Be ALREADY PRovED xv. Certain Concepts from the Theory of Infinity xvi. A Problem of Lewis Carroll and the Question of Dogma Xvi. Irrationalities in Mathematics and Dogma xvi. The Concept of Identity in Scholastic Philosophy xix. The Concept of Identity in Mathematical Logic xx. Time and Fate xxi. The Heart and Its Significance in the Spiritual Life of Man According to Scripture vii 10 14 39 53 80 106 124 151 190 231 284 331 344 Sol B55) Ag 365 368 375 378THE PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH. romana Most Prre Name pian anal «Morey FINIS AMORIS, UT DUO UNUM FIANT THE LIMIT OF LOVE: TWO ARE ONE ll ae mh hii hill iM !