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Russian existentialist philosopher (1866 – 1938)

Also known as: Leo Isaakowitsch Schestow, Leo Isaak Schestow, Leo Schestow, Leon Chestov, Lev Isaakovich Shestov, Schestow

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Faith set against reason and the anguished individual before the absurd, a direct parallel to Athens and Jerusalem. (AI reason)
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Nikolaĭ Berdi͡aev1874–1948
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Russian religious existentialism centered on freedom, spirit and revolt against rationalist systems. (AI reason)
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881
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Fiction of underground consciousness and tragic faith, the material Shestov's own philosophy grows out of. (AI reason)
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Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900
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Aphoristic assault on morality and rational certainty, the same style Shestov uses in Apotheosis of Groundlessness. (AI reason)
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Benjamin Fondane1898–1944
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Existential essays on the unhappy consciousness that develop Shestov's critique of reason. (AI reason)
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Miguel de Unamuno1864–1936
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The tragic sense of life and the agonized struggle between faith and reason. (AI reason)
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Emil Cioran1911–1995
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Despairing, lyrical aphorisms against systems and consolations. (AI reason)
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Albert Camus1913–1960
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Essays on the absurd that engage directly with Shestov's existential leap. (AI reason)
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Vasily Rozanov1856–1919
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Fragmentary, intimate Russian religious-philosophical prose of the same Silver Age milieu. (AI reason)
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Blaise Pascal1623–1662
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Fragmentary reflections on the God of faith set against the God of the philosophers. (AI reason)
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