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Evgeny Trubetskoy: A Bridge Between Faith and Modernity
Early Life, Education and Intellectual Milieu Evgeny Nikolayevich Trubetskoy was born in Moscow on 5 October 1863 (Old Style: 23 September) into one of Russia’s aristocratic families. His father, Prince Nikolai Petrovich Trubetskoy, was prominent in cultural circles (he helped found the Moscow Conservatory) and his mother, Sophia Alekseievna Lopouchina, exerted a strong spiritual influence…
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Seneca: The Philosopher of Strength and Serenity
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, known simply as Seneca, was one of the most remarkable figures of ancient Rome. He was a statesman, dramatist, and philosopher who lived through intrigue, power, and exile, yet managed to leave behind writings that still speak to modern readers with astonishing clarity. His life embodied the tension between philosophy and politics,…
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Socrates: The Man Who Taught the World to Question
Socrates is one of the few people in history who changed the way human beings think, yet he left behind not a single written word. Everything we know about him comes from others, most famously his student Plato. Yet even through those secondhand accounts, Socrates stands out as one of the most original and influential…
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Saint Augustine of Hippo: The Search for Truth and the Restless Heart
Few thinkers have shaped Western civilization as deeply as Saint Augustine of Hippo. Living at the turning point between the ancient and medieval worlds, he stood at the crossroads of philosophy and faith. He was a man of passion, intellect, and struggle, whose life tells the story of an unending search for meaning. Augustine’s ideas…
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Nietzsche’s Philosophy: A Journey Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche remains one of the most provocative and misunderstood figures in the history of philosophy. He wrote not to explain the world in a calm academic manner but to shake it to its core. His works are passionate, poetic, and sometimes deliberately shocking. Nietzsche wanted his readers to question everything they had been taught…