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Anton Tchekhov, And Other Essays

By Lev Shestov

2019-09-28 20:21:37

This book contains a collection of essays written by the influential Russian philosopher, Lev Isaakovich Shestov. One of the most delicate and individual of modern Russian critics, Shestov was a radical empiricist and proto-existentialist thinker wh ... Read more
This book contains a collection of essays written by the influential Russian philosopher, Lev Isaakovich Shestov. One of the most delicate and individual of modern Russian critics, Shestov was a radical empiricist and proto-existentialist thinker who integrated literary theory and philosophical thought in a masterful way that inspired such minds as Camus, Dostoyevsky, Deleuze, D. H. Lawrence, and Bataille. Included in this collection are the essays: "Anton Chekhov," "The Gift of Prophecy," "Penultimate Words," and "The Theory of Knowledge." The essays of this collection are fascinating and insightful and constitute a must-read for all students of philosophy.  Less

Book Details

File size263.929 KB
Print pages226
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2015-08-12
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781447471295
Author
Lev Isaakovich Shestov (Born in Kiev January 31, 1866), variously known as Leon Shestov, Léon Chestov, Leo Shestov. He was a Russian—Jewish existentialist writer and philosopher. He was the first ...

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