Negative Ontology by Nikolai Berdyaev and Arseniy Chanyshev: Social-epistemological Retrospective

Abstract

In the second part of article the comparative analysis of N. Berdyaev’s and A. Chanyshev’s
“negative ontologies” is continued. Chanyshev’s “Nonbeing” is imaginary panacea with the
despair covering the person who has opened for illusiveness of hopes connected with “Being”.
Absurdity of “Being” is a negative argument in favour of “Nonbeing” metaphysics. Metaphysical
searches always are directed against the mainstream of historical Time.