title: The Stoic tradition in Russian and Western existentialism: Lev Shestov and Karl Jaspers
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metadata.value: Popov, Danil S.
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metadata.value: 2022-11-10T11:54:46Z
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metadata.value: 2022-11-10T11:54:46Z
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metadata.value: 2022-09
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metadata.value: Popov D. S. The Stoic tradition in Russian and Western existentialism: Lev Shestov and Karl Jaspers. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2022, vol. 38, issue 3, pp. 364–373. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2022.308
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2022.308
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38503
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metadata.value: The article investigates the Stoic tradition in Russian and Western existentialism, drawing on
  the example of the philosophy of L. Shestov and K. Jaspers. Applying the methods of textual
  analysis, the study focuses on their accounts of what the Stoics did and preached (or would
  have done and preached), instead of revealing alleged conceptual affinities between Stoic philosophy
  and existentialism. The author shows that both thinkers used these accounts as crucial
  points of reference, developing and upholding their own key doctrines: refutation of rationalism
  (L. Shestov), the experience of boundary situations and existential communication (K. Jaspers).
  Yet, they expressed serious criticism of Stoic ideas and emphasised that people would
  not achieve the highest aim of philosophising if they pursued the strategies of the Stoics. The
  study highlights the fact that L. Shestov and K. Jaspers were neither historians of philosophy
  nor proponents of Stoicism and examined not Stoic doctrines but a set of certain Stoic values.
  The form and content of their arguments make it possible to consider them as coherent Stoic
  narratives. Thus, the article suggests that accounts of Stoic attitudes and values offered in Russian
  and Western existentialism give an essential guide as to how one ought or ought not to
  exist, act and think.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 38; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Stoics
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Stoicism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Stoic narrative
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: existentialism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: irrationalism
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: boundary situations
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Jaspers
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Shestov
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Stoic tradition in Russian and Western existentialism: Lev Shestov and Karl Jaspers
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metadata.value: Article
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