Cultural Justification of Freedom in the Philosophy of N.A. Berdyaev
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The purpose of the research is N.A. Berdyaev’s views on his understanding of freedom of will in the context of cultural philosophy (reality created by man through a creative act), since the thinker considered not the category of being as the primary basis of the world, but the category of freedom, on the basis of which God created man as a free creative being capable of creating reality. The scientific novelty lies in N.A. Berdyaev’s definition of the concept of free will not only as an irrational category by its nature, endowed with the ability to lead a person to both good and evil, but also as a cross–cutting theme in his understanding of the conjugacy of God – the world – man, where man makes his choice through freedom. It is shown that N.A. Berdyaev’s philosophy of freedom is connected with the personal traits of a person, his spiritual qualities, since it originates in the transcendent infinity and is a defining feature of human existence, its world of values, and the world of culture. It is shown that the realization of a person’s choice of freedom in N.A. Berdyaev’s philosophy are the categories of creativity, creativity, and commitment to religious values; and the negative choice of freedom (a person’s inability to manage it) results in enslavement of the individual to idols: art, science, and technocratic progress. Therefore, in the philosophy of N.A. Berdyaev, the fundamental position is the correctness of a person’s choice of a vector of freedom that can unleash his creative potential and become the basis of life determination.

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N.A. Berdyaev, Russian philosophy, philosophy of creativity, philosophy of history, philosophy of freedom, anthropology, culture, freedom of spirit, faith, epistemology, truth, idealism, meaning of life, objectification of history, self-knowledge.