Florensky about the contradiction (logical and methodological analysis)

Abstract

In the theological tradition antinomy, taken as self-contradiction, connection to the thesis and antithesis into a single entity, is understood as the best way to express the integrity of Divine Truth. This conclusion is a common place or antinomic strategies of different religious traditions. Does the concept of logical contradiction express the meaning of antinomy? Analysis of Florensky’s texts leads to the idea ofdistiguishing between aspects of logic, reasoning and rhetoric. This distinction helps to investigate the religious texts employing on scientific methodology.