Парадокс как фигура мышления в статьях Л.И. Шестова о А.С. Пушкине

Abstract

In the article is updated the religious philosophical and literary approaches of L. Shestov to the Russian literature and, first of all, to Pushkin’s creativity. The metaphysical discourse of literary criticism is studied. The separate attention is paid to paradox as a thinking figure in reception of the critic A.S. Pushkin as personality and the Pushkin text. Also noted L. Shestov’s paradoxical that caused by world seeing of the critic and his author’s model of the world. Emphasized the preference of literature as a subject of philosophical reflection of L. Shestov. Various manifestations of the point of view of the critic are tracked: the fiction is more adequately reflects the essence of human life, than traditional philosophy. It’s also noted that aural represents of the critic is based on the rational conclusion and strives for absolute and general rules. L. Shestov’s revelation is based on private life and opens a way to God. The central theme of all works of L. Shestov is a ratio of knowledge and belief, in particular, paradox of belief, its prerequisites and implications.