Abstract
The article is devoted to identifying the specifics of Russian philosophy through the analysis of F. M. Dostoevsky and L.N. Shestov’s texts. The stylistic features of the two philosophers have been considered, their ways of philosophizing and denying of the cult of reason have been examined. The analysis is carried out using additional literature of French existentialism (were used such philosophers who wrote in similar styles as philosophical essays). To date, there are many researches in which study features of Russian philosophy. It is noted, that one of them are imagery, inseparable connection between philosophy and faith and criticism of rationalism. The excessive cult of reason leads to such problems in the history as the creation of the hydrogen bomb, the environmental crisis and so on. The revolt against reason and the state of groundlessness are a response to the processes of modern rationalization and technocratization, an attempt to go beyond the limits of the usual paradigm, to get out of the closed subjectivity. Thus, it’s necessary to define the limits of the reason and develop a new way of philosophizing, for this reason it is proposed to consider the concept of groundlessness in the philosophy of L.N. Shestov, which makes the attempt to construct a philosophy, avoiding strict logic and excessive rationality.
Highlights
There is a point of view according to which it is difficult to speak about the existence of the Russian philosophy [1]
Russian philosophy rests on visual, creative thinking rather than strict analytics
One should not deny the influence of the European philosophical tradition on the development and history of Russian philosophy, and we can trace similar stages in the formation of the Russian thought and various philosophical schools, this article offers to consider employment of visual and creative thinking by Russian philosophers as a tool to break out of the rigid boundaries of strict analytics and comprehension of the surrounding reality, major philosophical questions and philosophical problems in general
Summary
There is a point of view according to which it is difficult to speak about the existence of the Russian philosophy [1]. One should not deny the influence of the European philosophical tradition on the development and history of Russian philosophy, and we can trace similar stages in the formation of the Russian thought and various philosophical schools, this article offers to consider employment of visual and creative thinking by Russian philosophers as a tool to break out of the rigid boundaries of strict analytics and comprehension of the surrounding reality, major philosophical questions and philosophical problems in general.
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