The debate over the existence of pure Russian philosophy and its values are endless.Analyzed more open, new, translated into modern language sources.Was there a general philosophy of the Slavs?The history of Russian philosophy begins with the ancient Rus, and the blossoming of her came at the end of the XIX and early XX century.
origins of Russian philosophy
Philosophy in Ancient Rus' in a pure form as such was not, as Russia was totally religious.They took the Greek and Byzantine philosophy and translated into the language of the time, the language of Cyril and Methodius, especially the part that has been associated with Christianity, with the lives of the saints.Philosophy came here as a kind of by-context.But she still was.It is no coincidence one of the brothers who were considered educators, Cyril, called a philosopher.This title was very high.Above it was just the title of theologian.
first Russian philosophical document considered the "Sermon on Law and Grace," written by Metropolitan Hilarion."The Word" was created in the tradition of Byzantine homiletics.This sermon, reading in the church over the tomb of Prince Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia.It begins with the parable of the Old Testament, then turns to New, and then follows the moral that the general gave the Rus to Christianity.
course, Rus was more important than living Byzantium, until it collapsed in 1453.Although these relations were not that close.
mainly from the need to explain the world order and the relationship with God and the state in Russia there is a philosophy.The history of Russian philosophy further complicated.
best books on the history of Russian philosophy
history of Russian philosophy more difficult because often the philosophers were persecuted in Russia, of course, by the government.This was written Nikolay Lossky."The history of Russian philosophy", his book tells us that the persecution ended only in 1860.But only in 1909, Russian philosophy "breathed" with a bang, and then the revolution of 1917 destroyed all the works.The book Lossky reflected all the way, which took Russian philosophy."The history of Russian philosophy" was the first book of its kind.However, in his native homeland it was prohibited.Her first published in English in 1951, then translated into other languages, but in Russia it came out in print in 1991.There were, of course, instances in Russian before that - from members of the Central Committee, but the ordinary people works Nicholas Onufrievich were unavailable.
Another work on this subject wrote Vasily Zenkovsky."The history of Russian philosophy" it was published in two volumes between 1948-1950.The first volume was a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Science Church, which was successfully defended.This monograph has brought him international fame, it was translated immediately into English.
Mikhail Maslin wrote the book "The history of Russian philosophy."Maslin was the leader of a group of authors, which also includes Myslivchenko, Medvedev, Polyakov, Popov and Pustarnakov.The book covers the country's history of philosophy from the XI century to the present.Times of Philosophy in Kievan Rus Maslov called the period of apprenticeship.A XVII century he describes as a time of irresistible craving for ethics and aesthetics, as well as special interest historiosophical issues and publicistic period of Russian philosophy.
Patriotic philosophy: history of Russian philosophy of the XVIII century
XVIII century was marked by the reforms.In this period, the reign of Peter the Great - the time of close contact with Western culture, the big reforms and achievements.
outstanding representatives of the philosophy of the time was Antiochus Kantemir, Vasily Tatishchev and Archbishop Feofan Prokopovich.Last advocated the benefits of education and science.Cantemir ridiculed the human and social vices.He brought a lot of terms in Russian philosophy.Tatishchev was the idea of morality and religion, aimed to balance the human being spiritual forces.It was a huge contribution to the philosophy of that era Russian Mikhail Lomonosov.He founded the Russian materialist tradition.
Enrichment of Russian philosophy - GSSkovoroda
XVIII century gave the world another famous philosopher - Gregory Skovoroda, the Ukrainian, who was born in 1722.He is still the Ukrainian hero.
Gregory Savich kept celibacy as a monk in the world, and not to start a family.Actualized heritage Pans in the twentieth century, Vladimir Ern Franzevich also Russian philosopher.He wrote and published a book "Skovoroda.The life and teachings. "
have Frying was the doctrine of the three worlds - large cenobitic world or the macrocosm, as the philosophers say, small world, or little world - a man of the world and the symbolic - the Bible, to which the pan is very ambivalent attitude.He then scolded her, then he said that the images of the Bible - it is such "Carriers, pulling the treasures of eternity."
Pan wrote 33 dialogue and carried them with him to the knapsack on his back, wandering.He was called the Russian Socrates.
nineteenth century
20 years of XIX century - the time of occurrence of the circles of fans who saw philosophy as his life's work.This university graduates.Alexander Pushkin called them "archival boys".
Vladimir Fedorovich Odoyevski Dmitry Venivitinov (poet, who died only 22 years old), Ivan Kireyevsky (future Slavophile, Maitre Slavophilism), Alexander Koshelev, Norov, Rozhalin, Cherkassy - the composition of the "SocietyWisdom. ""Wisdom" - in Greek - is a philosophy, love of wisdom.They all loved to play with foreign philosophical terms, putting them in the Russian manner.
Wisdom believed that it is necessary to change the French passion for ideas (referring to the philosophy of the Enlightenment) German idealism, because it is the philosophy of the identity of spirit and nature of the intelligentsia.They neglected the social philosophy, but he studied natural sciences, physiology of the brain.Wisdom wanted to find a soul in the human body.
Circle ceased operations in 1825.And there are two philosophical currents - Westerners and Slavophiles.
