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Nicholas Lossky
Nikolay Onufriyevich Lossky. (; – 24 January 1965), also known as N. O. Lossky, was a Russian philosopher, representative of Russian idealism, gnosiology, intuitionist epistemology, personalism, libertarianism (metaphysics), libertarianism, ethics and axiology (value theory). He gave his philosophical system the name ''intuitive-personalism''. Born in Latvia, he spent his working life in St. Petersburg, New York, and Paris. He was the father of the influential Eastern Orthodox Christian theology, Christian theologian Vladimir Lossky.Sciabarra, Chris Matthew.Investigation: the Search for Ayn Rand's Russian Roots" ''Liberty (1987), Liberty'' 1999-10. 10 August 2006. Life Lossky was born in Krāslava then in the Russian Empire. His father, Onufry Lossky, had Belarusian roots (his grandfather was a Greek-Catholic Uniate priest) and was an Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian; his mother Adelajda Przylenicka was Polish and Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Philosophy
Russian philosophy is a collective name for the philosophical heritage of Russian thinkers. Historiography In historiography, there is no consensus regarding the origins of Russian philosophy, its periodization and its cultural significance. The historical boundaries of Russian philosophy directly depend on the philosophical content that a specific researcher sees in Russian intellectual history. Traditionally, since the 19th century, the "pre–Petrine" or "Old Russian" and "post–Petrine" or "Enlightenment" stages of the development of Russian philosophy have been distinguished. In modern historiography, a third, "Soviet" period is also distinguished. Starting from religious thought, Archimandrite Gabriel, the first historian of Russian philosophy, saw its origins in the didactic "Teachings" of Vladimir Monomakh, thereby directly elevating Russian philosophy to traditional ancient Russian scribes. A number of major historians of Russian philosophy, however, tend to view philoso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
