Slavery and Freedom by Nikolai Berdyaev. Short summary

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Man is the greatest mystery. He is interesting in terms of personality, which is always shaped in different ways. Sometimes people play roles imposed by society against their will.

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The book is about slavery and human liberation. It can be classified as social philosophy. Man is a contradictory being. Not only biological, but also thought processes are constantly going on in him. The essence of man strives for freedom. If he accepts slavery as something positive, then there is a substitution of notions. It did not happen on its own. Rather, the change has been inspired by outside opinion.

Man is the world’s greatest mystery. He is interesting not only in terms of nature, nor socially, but precisely in terms of interpersonal relationships. It is the simplest and at the same time the most complex thing in the world.

Personality is neither a biological nor a psychological category, but morally ethical and spiritual. Often a person plays a role all his life. Sometimes this role is not his, but imposed by someone else. And most likely, the person does not like this game at all.