Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)

Vladimir Solovyov
Portrait of Vladimir Solovyov, c.1900
Born
Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov

(1853-01-28)28 January 1853
Died13 August 1900(1900-08-13) (aged 47)
Uzkoye, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Education
Alma materImperial Moscow University
ThesisCritique of Abstract Principles (Kritika otvlechennykh nachal) 1880
Philosophical work
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionRussian philosophy
SchoolChristian philosophy, Sophiology, Christian mysticism, Russian symbolism, Russian Schellingianism
Main interestsPhilosophy of religion
Notable ideasGod-manhood, whole unity, Sophiology, Christian universalism, proto-ecumenism

Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Соловьёв; 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 185313 August [O.S. 31 July] 1900) was a Russian philosopher, theologian, poet, pamphleteer, and literary critic, who played a significant role in the development of Russian philosophy and poetry at the end of the 19th century and in the spiritual renaissance of the early 20th century.