About the assessments of the irony and personality of Socrates in works of F.KH. Kessidi and A.F. Losev
https://doi.org/10.23947/2414-1143-2022-31-3-15-18
Abstract
The article is devoted to elucidating the conceptual reasons for the opposite assessments of F. Kessidi and A. Losev of the personality of Socrates and the essence of his method of irony. A possible basis for the discrepancy was the common worldview positions of the secular scientist F. Kessidi and the Orthodox scientist A. Losev (in the monastic life of Andronikos). If F.H. Kessidi focuses on establishing rational principles and categorical apparatus in the teachings of Socrates, then A.F. Losev is also interested in moral assessments of the great Greek's personality. The author considers the influence of Seren Kierkegaard's argument about the personality of Socrates as a "Christian before Christ", which, according to the Danish philosopher, is impossible because of Socrates's tendency to irony adopted by A. Losev. In general, both Kessidi and Losev expanded the understanding of scientists-philosophers about the personality and teachings of Socrates.
About the Author
E. E. Nesmeyanov
Don State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgeny E. Nesmeyanov , Ph.D. (Advanced Doctorate) in Philosophy, Professor
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Nesmeyanov E.E. About the assessments of the irony and personality of Socrates in works of F.KH. Kessidi and A.F. Losev. Science Almanac of Black Sea Region Countries. 2022;31(3):15-18. https://doi.org/10.23947/2414-1143-2022-31-3-15-18
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