KUDRJA V TSEV-PLATONOV, VIKTOR DIMITRIEVIČ. — Born 3 Oct. 1828, died 3 Dec. 1891, Russian philosopher. Professor at the Moscow Ecclesiastical Academy, he had as pupils both Solov'ev and the future Tsar Nicholas II. K., in the philosophical tradition of the Academy, formed the intermediate link between F. A. Golubinskij (who taught there from 1818 to 1854) and A. I. Vvedenskij (who taught there from about 1888 to 1912). In his numerous works he constructed a systematic whole of idealism, connected above all with Jakob (1743–1819) and with the idealistic theism of various types, from Baader to Lotze. He sought to make a synthesis of reason and faith and to justify faith.
His Works, in 3 vols., were published by the Confraternity of St Sergius (Serghiev Posad 1892–94): vol. I (1893–94) contains the 182-page introduction on the life, philosophy and importance of K.; then K.’s investigations on the introduction to philosophy and on gnoseology; vol. II (1892–93), on natural theology, includes among other things an important work: La religione, la sua essenza ed origine; vol. III (1894) concerns cosmology and rational psychology.