Narrative of the Descent of the Holy Spirit

Author: Liu Xiaofeng
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The narrative of the Holy Spirit's descent has been clearly presented in the numerous novels of Meyerezhkovsky. However, the possibility of this narrative is based on the occurrence of the Christ event. If Chinese thought must reconsider its spiritual choices in the face of historical philosophy, and if it is to move out of the spiritual low state in the age of nihilism, should it not first confront the Christ event directly? The problem of historical philosophy is fundamentally a reevaluation of ethical values. Nietzsche's influence on Chinese thought cannot be overstated: Nietzsche declared the death of Western Christianity, which has almost become a commonplace in Chinese intellectual circles. If we consider the origins of this commonplace from the perspective of intellectual history, we would be perplexed by this event in the history of ideas: in the early 20th century, Nietzsche also had a profound impact on Russian intellectual circles, yet how did the thinker Meyerezhkovsky derive the inspiration for the narrative of the Holy Spirit's descent from Nietzsche?