Abstract:
This article considers the ambiguous attitude of the outstanding representative of Russian religious philosophy N.A. Berdyaev (1874-1948) to humanism. Berdyaev singles out in the humanism opposite principles: Christian and anti-Christian. Thanks to the Christian principles, which manifested themselves with the greatest force at the beginning of the Renaissance, man gained a certain freedom for creativity. All this was embodied in new ideals and values, works of culture, in creating conditions for a new religious understanding of the world. However, as humanism develops, anti-Christian principles grow in it, which lead to the loss of a person's sense of his connection with God, as a result of which the goals of his life are narrowed and ideals are tapered, and the level of creativity is reduced.
