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List of Russian philosophers

Russian philosophy includes a variety of philosophical movements. Authors who developed them are listed below sorted by movement.

Philosophers (1917) by Mikhail Nesterov, depicting Pavel Florensky and Sergei Bulgakov

While most authors listed below are primarily philosophers, also included here are some Russian fiction writers, such as Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, who are also known as philosophers.

Russian philosophy as a separate entity started its development in the 19th century, defined initially by the opposition of Westernizers, advocating Russia's following the Western political and economical models, and Slavophiles, insisting on developing Russia as a unique civilization. The latter group included Nikolai Danilevsky and Konstantin Leontiev, the early founders of eurasianism. The discussion of Russia's place in the world has since become the most characteristic feature of Russian philosophy.

In its further development, Russian philosophy was also marked by deep connection to literature and interest in creativity, society, politics and nationalism; cosmos and religion were other notable subjects.

Notable philosophers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries include Vladimir Solovyev, Vasily Rozanov, Lev Shestov, Leo Tolstoy, Sergei Bulgakov, Pavel Florensky, Nikolai Berdyaev, Pitirim Sorokin, and Vladimir Vernadsky.

From the early 1920s to late 1980s, Russian philosophy was dominated by Marxism.

A handful of dissident philosophers survived through the Soviet period, among them Aleksei Losev. Stalin's death in 1953 gave way for new schools of thought to spring up, among them Moscow Logic Circle, and Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School.

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Major Thinkers

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Russian Enlightenment

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Slavophiles and pochvennichestvo

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Russian symbolists

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Westernizers

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Russian Schellingians

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Russian positivists

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Russian Machists

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Russian cosmists

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The cover of the book The Will of the Universe. Intellect Unknown. Mind and Passions by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, 1928
 
Portrait of Lev Shestov by Leonid Pasternak, 1910

Occultists

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Epistemologists, logicians and metaphysicians

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Narodniks

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Anarchists

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Materialists and nihilists

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Socialists and Marxists

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Christian philosophers

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Pre-Solovyov

Orthodox Christian theologians

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Intuitivist-personalists

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Existentialists

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Aestheticians

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Historians of thought

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Globalists

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ilyenkov, Evald. "Cosmology of the Spirit". Stasis. 5 (2).
  2. ^ History of Russian Philosophy p. 59 by N. O. Lossky
  3. ^ Eastman, Max. Artists in Uniform.
  4. ^ "Introduction". Art as the Cognition of Life. Mehring Books.
  5. ^ History of Russian Philosophy p. 81 by N. O. Lossky

Bibliography

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  • History of Russian Philosophy (История российской Философии) (1951) by N. O. Lossky. Publisher: Allen & Unwin, London. International Universities Press Inc NY, NY sponsored by Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.
  • A History of Philosophy, Volume 10: Russian Philosophy (1986) by Frederick Copleston. Publisher: Continuum, London.
  • A history of Russian Philosophy (2 vols.) by Vasilii Vasilevich Zenkovsky; translator George L. Kline Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1953).
  • Russian Philosophy. English-Russian Dictionary (ed. Vasily Vanchugov). Moscow, People's Friendship University of Russia, 2005.
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