LWA SZESTOWA EGZYSTENCJALISTYCZNA INTERPRETACJA DZIEŁA DOSTOJEWSKIEGO
The present paper analyses an iconoclastic approach to the life and works of Dostoyevsky. Lev Shestov – a Russian existentialist philosopher and the author of The Philosophy of Tragedy – attempts to debunk the myth that Dostoyevsky was the greatest moralist in pre-revolution Russia. Inst...
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| Format: | Article |
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Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University
2010-06-01
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| Series: | The Polish Journal of Aesthetics |
| Online Access: | https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/139022106/eik_19_9.pdf/56025b56-9c1d-47b4-aa9f-09352b6912b0 |
| Summary: | The present paper analyses an iconoclastic approach to the life and works of Dostoyevsky. Lev Shestov – a Russian existentialist philosopher and the author of The Philosophy of Tragedy – attempts to debunk the myth that Dostoyevsky was the greatest moralist in pre-revolution Russia. Instead of portraying him as a figure of moral authority, Shestov presents Dostoyevsky as a man harbouring resentment, full of hatred and contempt for all the lofty ideals of the Russian intelligentsia of the 19th century. |
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| ISSN: | 2544-8242 2544-8242 |