O naturze geniuszu. Piotr Nowikow wobec kantowskiej estetyki geniuszu

Abstract

The article devoted to Piotr Nowikow’s treatise О гении, о главных его свойствах, о сред- ствах, им употребляемых, и о влиянии его на современников и потомство is the attempt to find clear reference to Kant’s theory of the aesthetics of genius in Russian aesthetics thought. Nowikow’s work is perceived as the attempt to synthesize the phenomenon of genius arised due to the meeting of two periods, indicating great influence of Romantic thought, directing attention to the person of the artist the genius. From the Russian theoretician’s disquisition emerges the eclectic image of aesthetical thought of the 19th century Russia, not being able to explicitly relate to any of the philosophical-aesthetical theories.