“Sapere Aude” Vs “Sofia”
Journal: National security and the future
Year: 2026

Western-centric and Russian-centric views of Truth exist in fundamentally different epistemological universes: a cognitive division that stems from the rationalism of the Enlightenment, compared to the Byzantine Orthodox concept of “Sophia”. The article examines how a clash between the Western concept of Truth as an objective, empirically verifiable search for knowledge through reason (Kant, 1784/1996) and Russian epistemology, which places a strong focus on holistic wisdom, spiritual insight, a