"What is underlying Berdyaev's thinking is the fact that the creative impulse must be generated from a dissatisfaction with this world. The creative impulse wishes in its original outburst to see an end to this world; it is the beginning of a different world. In short, creativity is eschatological."
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Carnegie Samuel Calian
Carnegie Samuel Calian (born July 1, 1933) was the president of Pittsburg Theological Seminary until his retirement in 2006.
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