Lev Shestov
Lev Shestov · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Russian existentialist philosopher
1866, Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1938, Paris, France
Russian Empire · France
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Lev Shestov, born Yehuda Leyb Shvartsman into a Jewish family, was a Russian existentialist philosopher who emigrated to Paris after the 1917 revolution. His works, including 'Athens and Jerusalem' and 'All Things Are Possible', mounted a radical critique of rationalism and of the pretension of reason to bind reality, championing faith, freedom and the individual against systematic philosophy. He deeply influenced twentieth-century existential and religious thought.
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Russian existentialist philosopher
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