Philosophy of Life from Arthur Schopenhauer to Boris Pasternak

Aim. To analyze the features of the worldview of Boris Pasternak and prove their consonance with the provisions of the philosophy of life of A. Schopenhauer and other European representatives of this philosophical direction.

Methodology. The methodology of this analysis is based on the foundations of hermeneutics (methodology of text interpretation) and the principles of idiostyle, which makes it possible to detect the individual style of presentation of a creative person, largely genetically determined and dependent on the way of thinking, requiring the researcher to find out how and what language elements are used by the author to express his philosophical position.

Results. As a result of the study, we found parallels between the creative position of Boris Pasternak and the main provisions of the philosophy of life, where we exclude the intentional borrowing of philosophical ideas by the writer, but we believe that the ideas of the philosophy of life led to a resonance in his work. The study shows that B. Pasternak forms a personal understanding of the philosophy of life, overcoming the subjectivism of A. Bergson, the pessimism of A. Schopenhauer, and the anti-Christian orientation of F. Nietzsche.

Research implications. This study will expand the understanding of artistic thinking and the philosophical content of Boris Pasternak’s creative work, concordant with the foundations of the philosophy of life as an irrational trend in European philosophy and the views of its representatives, it will serve as the basis for further philosophical and ideological reflections. The practical significance lies in the fact that the results can be used in literary criticism, pedagogical activity, in the development of special courses on philosophy aimed at studying the latest philosophical schools, reflecting their positions in the work of B. Pasternak, as well as for a better understanding of numerous works devoted to the philosophy of life and creativity of B. Pasternak in Russia.

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