What is the "Russian soul" or "Russian character" often confuses the Eastern and Western worlds. In terms of solving this puzzle, Lossky's "The Russian Character" can be regarded as a classic.
Russians are keen on pursuing absolute values and transforming the world, and have no tolerance for ideological differences. Behind this original characteristic is that they are unable to exert moderate force, are not good at taking the middle road, and lack propriety. As a result, the pursuit of absolute value has produced another polar characteristic, which makes them coexist with kindness and cruelty, tenacity and negativity, and freedom and despotism.
In the book, Lossky presents all aspects of the Russian character in a more three-dimensional way, which can be called a condensed "encyclopedia" of the Russian national character. He stood from the perspective of a philosopher and religious thinker, quoted from many sources, explained the profound things in simple terms, and analyzed many manifestations of the Russian national character from the aspects of history, culture, morality, psychology, etc. He pointed out the religious nature of the Russians and the various characteristics surrounding this characteristic, thereby explaining the extremes of the Russian character, allowing readers to quickly understand the character traits of the Russians, understand Russian history, and then understand Russia's current internal affairs and diplomacy, as well as subsequent development trends.
