Audacity of the spirit / written by A.F. Losev ; translated by Vitali I. Betaneli, Peter R. Weisensel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Losev, A. F. (Alekseĭ Fedorovich), author.

Contributor:

Betaneli, Vitali I., translator.

Weisensel, Peter R., translator.

Series:

Value Inquiry Book Series 334.

Value inquiry book series ; v no. 334

Standardized Title:

Дерзание духа. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Philosophy and social sciences.

Philosophy, Marxist.

Dialectical materialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

Audacity of the Spirit by A.F. Losev (1893-1988) dares us to think holistically, dialectically. Translated from the Russian original Дерзание духа (Politizdat Moskva, 1988) by Peter R. Weisensel and Vitali I. Betaneli, the book falls into three parts: the dialectical method; Losev’s application of dialectics to history and culture; and his personal reflections on studying philosophy. Losev’s insatiable intellectual curiosity probes a remarkable variety of areas. Positions he considers, though, are not always easily reconcilable, as with Marxism-Leninism and Orthodox Christianity. In Losev’s conception of culture, however, culture and the intrinsic unity of any given cultural order is the common element that underlies everything living, even the order’s incompatibles. The given culture cannot be reduced to any single position nor to all of them taken together. Audacity of the Spirit is an introduction to dialectics for beginners, but it is also a major philosopher’s summing-up of his reflections to a non-specialized audience.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page / A.F. Losev

Translators’ Preface / A.F. Losev

Foreword: Dare to be Wise! / A.F. Losev

Introduction: The Thinkers’ Treasure / A.F. Losev

To Learn Dialectics / A.F. Losev

How Do We Learn to Think? / A.F. Losev

To Think, and to Do / A.F. Losev

Dialectics and Common Sense / A.F. Losev

On the Main Systems of Dialectics / A.F. Losev

The Unity of Three Concepts / A.F. Losev

On Dialectics as It Is / A.F. Losev

On the Benefits of Philosophy / A.F. Losev

Twelve Theses on the Culture of Antiquity / A.F. Losev

The Philosophy of Antiquity as a Whole and in Its Parts / A.F. Losev

The Formation of the Marxist-Leninist Culture of Thinking / A.F. Losev

The Philosophy of Culture / A.F. Losev

History of Philosophy as a School of Thought / A.F. Losev

Worldview and Life / A.F. Losev

On the Eternal Youthfulness of Science / A.F. Losev

Life’s Credo / A.F. Losev

Audacity of the Spirit / A.F. Losev

On a Worldview / A.F. Losev

On Being a Member of the Intelligentsia / A.F. Losev

First of All, Become a Student / A.F. Losev

A Miracle without Miracles / A.F. Losev

Back Matter

Index / A.F. Losev.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Translated from the Russian original Дерзание духа, Politizdat Moskva, 1988.

ISBN:

90-04-40198-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004401983 DOI