Part I. Who Is Solovyov and What Is Sophia?
Introduction: Visions and Re-Visions of Sophia
The "Life Drama" of Solovyov
Positivism and Spiritualism / Feminism and Pansophism
Wisdom's Bequest: Sophia through the Ages
Solovyov as Self-Conscious Heir
Conclusion: Sophia as Divinely Human Mediator
Part II. The Wisdom Writings of Solovyov: Annotated Translations
"My tsaritsa appeared to me"
"My empress has a lofty palace"
"Near, far off, not here, not there"
2. The Sophia: A "Mystical-Theosophical-Philosophical-Theurgical-Political" Dialogue
"On Man's Metaphysical Need"
"Sophie. First Triad. First Principles"
"First Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Unity (The Principle of Monism)"
"Second Dialogue: The Absolute Principle as Duality (The Principle of Dualism)"
"Second Dialogue: The Cosmic and Historical Process"
"Third Chapter: Morality and Politics"
3. Sophia in Philosophical Prose
"On the Three Conditions (in General)"
From "Theological Principles"
From Lectures on Divine Humanity: An Overview
Lectures Eleven and Twelve
From Russia and the Universal Church (Book Three): An Overview
"III. The Divine Essence and Its Threefold Manifestation"
"IV. The World Soul as the Foundation of Creation, Space, Time, and Mechanical Causality"
"V. The Higher World. The Freedom of the Pure Spirits"
"VI. The Three Chief Stages of the Cosmogonic Process"
"VII. The Threefold Incarnation of Divine Wisdom"
"The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte": An Overview
"The Idea of Humanity in Auguste Comte"
4. "At the Dawn of Misty Youth": A Semiautobiographical Short Story
"At the Dawn of Misty Youth"
5. The White Lily: Or a Dream on the Eve of the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God (A Mystery-Jest in Three Acts)
6. Three Encounters: Final Poema
Source Notes to the Translations