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Khomiakov's life centered on Moscow. He viewed this "thousand-domed city" as an epitome of the Russian way of life. Equally successful as a landlord and conversationalist, he published little during his lifetime. His writings were published posthumously by his friends and [[disciple]]s and came to exert great influence on the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] and Russian lay philosophers, such as [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]], [[Constantine Petrovich Pobedonostsev|Constantine Pobedonostsev]], and Vladimir Solovyov.
For Khomiakov, the ideologies of socialism and capitalism were equally repugnant offspring of Western decadence. The West failed to solve human spiritual problems, as it stressed competition at the expense of cooperation. In his own words, "Rome kept unity at the expense of freedom, while Protestants had freedom but lost unity."<ref>''History of Russian Philosophy'' by [[Nikolai Lossky]] ISBN 978-0-8236-8074-0 p. 87</ref>
Khomiakov's own ideals revolved around the term ''sobornost'', being the [[Old Church Slavonic|Slavonic]] equivalent of ''catholicity'' found in the [[Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed|Nicene Creed]] and loosely translated as "togetherness" or "symphony". Khomiakov viewed the Russian ''obshchina'' as a perfect example of sobornost and extolled the Russian peasants for their humility.
==External link==
*[http://ancientchristiandefender.blogspot.com/2009/01/alexis-khomiakov-1804-1860.html
Taken from the book "The Orthodox Church" by the Metropolitan Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Timothy (Kallistos) Ware]].]
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