Tag: Satan

  • Ivan Ilyin: On the Devil

    Ivan Ilyin: On the Devil

    In this 1947 essay, Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin (1883-1954) addresses the reality of the devil in history and our own time. Tellingly, the advance of the secular and materialist outlook has corresponded with an ever-growing fascination with the demonic – along with its public justification. Translated by Mark Hackard. In the life of the human race,…