A Philosopher who has not Learned Wisdom

Affiliation: Western branch of Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Address: 62, Artilleriiskaya Str., 236016 Kaliningrad, Russian Federation

Journal name

Chelovek

Edition

Volume 34 Issue 5

Pages

83-113

Abstract

The article is devoted to the state of scientific research of the life, activity and legacy of V.E. Seseman, a Russian, Lithuanian, Soviet philosopher, one of the participants of the Eurasian movement. His fate turned out to be closely connected with one of the main ideologists of Eurasianism, L.P. Karsavin, a Medieval scholar and philosopher. The weak holistic elaboration of Seseman's legacy and life is due to a combination of reasons, primarily the lack of Russian translations of his main works written in German and Lithuanian. Another important reason is the low interest of researchers in archival sources containing important information about the biographies of Seseman and Karsavin. Previously unknown historical documents are actively used in the article. They recreate the dramatic tension of the 1920s–1950s, reveal important circumstances in the tragic fractures of the destinies of two Russian philosophers. Contrary to the established opinion, the author considers that the main real reason for the criminal prosecution of Seseman is not participation in Eurasianism, but a principled philosophical position, including expressed in open objections to the imposition of the supremacy of the principle of partisanship in the teaching of logic and against the reformatting of this science into an ideological discipline. theoretical development. Another reason for the arrests was the extreme carelessness of these university professors in informal relationships with others, many of whom were secret agents. The author of the article points out a striking gap between the high theoretical qualifications of two armchair scientists and their naive short-sightedness in practical behavior. The unreasonable credulity shown in real life by two thinkers translates the topic into the register of ethics and leads to questions about the personal responsibility of each of these theorists for the tragedy of not only their lives, but also the lives of loved ones.

Keywords

Russian philosophy, Russian emigration, Eurasianism, discussion about logic, cabinet scientist and reality, Seseman, Karsavin, Savitsky

Received

21.11.2023

Publication date

23.11.2023

Number of characters

54054

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GOST	Sharonov V. A Philosopher who has not Learned Wisdom // Chelovek – 2023. – V. 34. – Issue 5 C. 83-113 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://chelovek-journal.ru/S023620070028504-1-1 (circulation date: 17.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S023620070028504-1
MLA	Sharonov, Vladimir I "A Philosopher who has not Learned Wisdom." Chelovek 34.5 (2023):83-113. DOI: 10.31857/S023620070028504-1
APA	Sharonov V. (2023). A Philosopher who has not Learned Wisdom. Chelovek 34(5), pp.83-113 DOI: 10.31857/S023620070028504-1

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