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S. L. Frank - The Life and Work of a Russian Philosopher, 1877-1950 (Hardcover, 1)
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S. L. Frank - The Life and Work of a Russian Philosopher, 1877-1950 (Hardcover, 1)
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"There are many reasons for writing a biography of Semyon Frank.
Quite apart from his philosophy, he lived a remarkable life. Born
in Moscow in 1877, he was exiled from Soviet Russia in 1922 and
died in London in 1950. The son of a Jewish doctor, he became a
revolutionary Social Democrat in his teens and finished his life as
a Neoplatonist Christian. One of the Russian revisionist Marxists,
he was then involved in the Kadet Party during the 1905 revolution
before breaking with active political activity and turning to
philosophy. He lived in Petrograd through the First World War until
September 1917, after which he went to Saratov, where he
experienced the chaos of the Russian Civil War. Living in Germany
after his exile, he witnessed the rise of Hitler in Berlin, left
for France in a hurry in 1937, and spent part of the war hiding
from the Gestapo in the Grenoble mountains. It was a life that
encompassed a lot of history. "Yet along with this, Frank was
arguably Russia's greatest twentieth-century philosopher. Indeed,
V.V. Zen'kovskii, the historian of Russian philosophy, considered
Frank 'in strength of philosophic vision ...the most outstanding
among Russian philosophers generally -- not merely among those who
share his ideas. ' For its lucidity, conciseness, systematic
character, and unity, Zen'kovskii considered Frank's system ' the
highest achievement ...of Russian philosophy.' Doubtless,
Zen'kovskii's assessment is disputable, but his remarks emphasize
Frank's stature in the Russian tradition. In the style of German
idealism, Frank constructed a comprehensive philosophical system,
which he believed offered a coherent alternative to materialism. He
was deeply worried by the implications of epistemological
relativism and constructed a system of metaphysics designed to link
epistemology and ontology, to bridge the gulf between thought and
being. In addition, he attempted to express the idea of a personal
God in philosophical language. His system also embraced social
philosophy, anthropology, and ethics." -- from the Introduction by
the author
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