Lev Isaakovich Shvartsman

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Lev Isaakovich Shvartsman, better known by his pen name Lev Shestov, was a Russian existentialist philosopher noted for his critiques of rationalism and his emphasis on faith and the absurd.

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instanceOf existentialist philosopher
human
philosopher
alsoKnownAs Lev Shestov NERFINISHED
burialPlace Boulogne-Billancourt NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
criticized rationalism
systematic philosophy
dateOfBirth 1866-01-31
dateOfDeath 1938-11-19
educatedAt Kyiv University NERFINISHED
Moscow State University
ethnicGroup Jewish
fieldOfWork literary criticism
philosophy
religious philosophy
gender male
hasPenName Lev Shestov NERFINISHED
influenced Albert Camus NERFINISHED
Emmanuel Levinas NERFINISHED
Jean-Paul Sartre NERFINISHED
Nikolai Berdyaev NERFINISHED
influencedBy Blaise Pascal NERFINISHED
Friedrich Nietzsche
Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName French
Russian
mainInterest biblical thought
existential crisis
faith
freedom
irrationalism
movement existentialism
notableFor critique of rationalism
emphasis on faith
emphasis on the absurd
notableWork All Things Are Possible NERFINISHED
Athens and Jerusalem NERFINISHED
Kierkegaard and the Existential Philosophy NERFINISHED
The Apotheosis of Groundlessness NERFINISHED
philosophicalSchool anti-rationalism
religious existentialism
placeOfBirth Kyiv NERFINISHED
Russian Empire
placeOfDeath France
Paris
residence Paris

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Lev Shestov birthName Lev Isaakovich Shvartsman