V. I. Vernadsky and his teaching about life from the point of view of Christian theology

Abstract

V. I.  Vernadsky (1863–1945), an outstanding Russian scientist, organizer of science, historian and philosopher of natural science, consciously placed "philosophy, science, and religion on an equal footing." Being far from Orthodoxy, he at the same time realized the importance of religious knowledge of the world, seeing a certain truth in the teachings of pantheism and hylozoism. V. I. Vernadsky came to these worldview doctrines in the process of studying living matter and life in general, which he considered a primary concept that cannot be reduced to simpler concepts. Recognition of the special status of life as a phenomenon of the Universe is in agreement with the Orthodox doctrine of the tripartite nature of man ( body-soul-spiri) and expresses the tripartite structure of the world (matter-life-consciousness). In his works, V. I. Vernadsky did not touch upon the question of the nature of consciousness.