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This article examines the concept of antinomy in the philosophy of Pavel Florensky within the broader context of early twentieth-century Russian religious modernism. The study takes as its starting point the lesser-known notes of Vyacheslav Ivanov written during the debates surrounding The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, particularly in response to the critique advanced by Evgeny Trubetskoy. Through a reconstruction of this controversy, the philosophical and theological significance of antinomy emerges as a principle shaping the nature of truth, reason, and symbol. The article then explores the mathematical and logical horizon of Florensky’s thought, highlighting his engagement with non-classical models of reasoning and symbolic methodology. Within this framework, the interrelation of antinomy, symbol and Sophiology is interpreted as constitutive of a unified “concrete metaphysics”, in which contradiction is not annulled but integrated into a dynamic and relational vision of reality. Finally, the study suggests that Florensky’s antinomic principle culminates in a personalist horizon: truth is not merely a structural feature of reality but becomes embodied in living symbols, pointing toward the personalization of antinomy within the concrete spiritual experience of the human subject.