Aleksei Losev 1893 – 1988
Aleksei Losev (1893 – 1988) was a Russian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Platonism and Christian Philosophy.
Aleksei Losev was a Russian philosopher, classicist, and historian of philosophy, the last great Russian neoplatonist of the Silver Age, who survived imprisonment in the Stalinist labor camps and lived to become the dean of Soviet-era classical scholarship. His early The Philosophy of the Name, written in the imiaslavtsy controversy on the divinity of the divine name, developed a sweeping ontological theory of the word, while his eight-volume History of Ancient Aesthetics offered the most thorough treatment of ancient Greek philosophy of beauty in any language. His later Dialectics of Myth and his work on the philosophy of music made him a central reference for late and post-Soviet Russian thought.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Russian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Platonism, Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Aleksei Losev:
“The word is the meeting place of being and the soul.”
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Attributed to Aleksei Losev:
“Myth is not a defective form of knowledge; it is its own form of intelligibility.”
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Attributed to Aleksei Losev:
“Beauty in the Greek world is the form in which truth makes itself visible.”
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Attributed to Aleksei Losev:
“The Name is the door through which spirit and being meet.”
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Attributed to Aleksei Losev:
“Dialectics is not a method imposed on reality; it is reality thinking itself.”
Frequently asked about Aleksei Losev
- When did Aleksei Losev live?
- Aleksei Losev was born in 1893 and died in 1988.
- Where was Aleksei Losev from?
- Aleksei Losev was a Russian philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Aleksei Losev associated with?
- Aleksei Losev was associated with Platonism and Christian Philosophy.
- What was Aleksei Losev known for?
- Aleksei Losev was a Russian philosopher, classicist, and historian of philosophy, the last great Russian neoplatonist of the Silver Age, who survived imprisonment in the Stalinist labor camps and lived to become the dean of Soviet-era classical scholarship.
- How many quotes are attributed to Aleksei Losev?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Aleksei Losev in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.