Civilizations

The European rectification of names

15.07.2024

The Russian Special Military Operation symbolizes a watershed in history. Before it’s start, there existed an unipolar moment of Western universalism, the uncontested dominance of the trader’s mentality, of matter over spirit. In geopolitical terms, unipolarity was defined by the global dominance of only one civilization, precisely the West with it’s global core in the United States of America, whereas Western allies like the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, Australia etc. 

Noomachy - Wars of the Minds: War as an application for the genuine philosophy

Noomachy - Wars of the Minds: War as an application for the genuine philosophy
16.12.2022

In the Greek Orthodox tradition, churches that are dedicated to Sophia the Divine Wisdom have their patronal festival on the day of Mid-Pentecost. It means that today is truly a day of philosophy, truly a day of the Divine Wisdom, which our ancestors, our founding fathers handed down to us. As you know, in the Divine Liturgy, there is a priestly exclamation: "Wisdom! Arise!" Sometimes our theologians and philosophers try to contrast divine wisdom with human wisdom. But in the original Greek text of the liturgy, the word 'Sophia' is used. Sophia refers to both meanings of wisdom: divine wisdom and human wisdom. These two meanings do not totally coincide, but, at the same time, they are not in opposition.