PROBLEMATIZATION OF THE “ETERNAL TRUTH OF MIND” IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF L. SHESTOV AND M. FOUCAULT
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-7227-2022-3-61-67
Abstract
Aim. To consider and compare the attitude of L. Shestov and M. Foucault to the “well-known truths of the mind.”
Methodology. The study was conducted using the method of comparative analysis. The philosophical works of L. Shestov and M. Foucault were studied. Through an appeal to the interpretation of F. Nietzsche’s philosophy by both thinkers, the features of M. Foucault and L. Shestov’s views on the “eternal truths of reason” are analyzed. The basis for such an appeal is the significant influence of F. Nietzsche’s thoughts on both philosophers.
Results. The analysis showed that despite the fact that both thinkers sought to free themselves from the dominance of “well-known truths of reason”, they chose different paths. M. Foucault paid great attention to the very method of historical research, which departed from the traditional historical approach and focused on identifying gaps in history and the random logic of the historical process. L. Shestov, on the other hand, concentrated on faith in an almighty God, and in this he saw a way out from under the yoke of the “general truths of reason.”
Research implications. The significance of this study for philosophical knowledge lies in the novelty of the compared personalities. The positions of M. Foucault and L. Shestov have not been compared before, the reason for this, undoubtedly, is that these philosophers belong to different philosophical schools: French continental philosophy and Russian religious philosophy are rarely objects for convergence and comparison in the historical philosophical research. This article showed that despite the general dissimilarity of the philosophical positions of M. Foucault and L. Shestov, one can find a fairly large field for comparing the ideas of these thinkers.
About the Author
O. I. Stepanova
Moscow Pedagogical Humanitarian University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga I. Stepanova – Postgraduate Student, Department of Philosophy
119571, Moscow, prosp. Vernadskogo 88
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