The Philosophy of Freedom by Nikolai Berdyaev. Short summary

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God created man to be free. This is the supreme value bestowed upon him. Christianity is intolerant of any infringement on freedom: slavery or violence.

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Saying «something» and saying «something» are completely 2 different things. In the first you don’t need a genius mind, in the second you need to be a thinker and a genius to convey your ideas to the world. The modern age has become scarce. There is more and more secondary reasoning and fewer and fewer noteworthy sayings.

Human freedom has its origin in religion, in Christianity. The Creator gave it to his brothers and sons. It manifests itself in worldviews, thoughts, phrases and actions. Increasingly, people are deprived of this gift and become dependent. Individual freedom lies in the freedom of the spirit. It is the manifestation of inner strength.

Freedom is formal and material. The first says, «I want what I want. The second one says, «I want so-and-so. Freedom from a Christian perspective is a very subtle matter, but it is never mixed with arbitrariness. It has nothing to do with politics. The faith of Christ places the highest value on human freedom and is intolerant of slavery and violence.