Lev Shestov

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Russian emigrant essayist existentialist philosopher philosopher writer

Lev Shestov was a Russian existentialist philosopher known for his critiques of rationalism and his emphasis on faith, freedom, and the absurd in human existence.

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Lev Shestov canonical 3
Léon Chestov 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian emigrant ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
existentialist philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alternativeName Lev Shestov ⓘ
Lev Shestov ⓘ
surface form: Léon Chestov
birthDate 1866-01-31 ⓘ
birthName Lev Isaakovich Shvartsman ⓘ
birthPlace Kyiv ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
citizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
critiques rationalism ⓘ
deathDate 1938-11-19 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
education Moscow State University ⓘ
emphasizes faith ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
the absurd in human existence ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish ⓘ
fieldOfWork philosophy ⓘ
religious thought ⓘ
influenced Albert Camus ⓘ
Benjamin Fondane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emil Cioran ⓘ
Georges Bataille ⓘ
Martin Buber ⓘ
Nicolas Berdyaev ⓘ
surface form: Nikolai Berdyaev
influencedBy Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
mainInterest epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
movement existentialism ⓘ
religious existentialism ⓘ
name Lev Shestov self-link ⓘ
notableIdea critique of rationalism ⓘ
emphasis on freedom and the absurd ⓘ
opposition between Athens and Jerusalem ⓘ
primacy of faith over reason ⓘ
notableWork All Things Are Possible ⓘ
Athens and Jerusalem ⓘ
Kierkegaard and the Existential Philosophy ⓘ
The Apotheosis of Groundlessness ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Léon Chestov
Lev Shestov → alternativeName → Lev Shestov ⓘ