Dialectics of development of K.N. Leontiev

The urgent problem of this article is that the evidence of the increased interest in the Russian history philosophy is a return to the philosophical study of traditional Russian philosophers and introduction of ideas developed by Russian philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries into scientific circulation. From this point of view, it is relevant to investigate the philosophical doctrine of K.N. Leon-tiev as a representative of the religious-idealistic trend of Russian philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries, to review the historical-philosophical, journalistic and scientific literature. Leontiev was one of the first representatives of the "new religious consciousness" to formulate his own opinion on political and social aspects of development based on the historical and religious tradition of Russia. The development problem demanded specific assessment of the contemporary Russian spiritual culture and social-political, cultural and historical realities from K.N. Leontiev. The present research subject is K.N. Leontiev's hypothesis of triune development that most adequately reflects the recurrent idea of the Russian history philosophy connected with the comprehension of Russia's historical fates. The historical and philosophical aspect of his development hypothesis in relation culture and state problems along side with the Russian and European historical development problems are also investigated. The value of this subject and the sources is that they present the interrelation of the active and "comprehending" aspects of the philosopher's life. K. Leontiev deeply penetrated into the inner dialectics of social development, which reflected his intellectual interests as a whole. The philosopher mostly emphasizes the structural and theoretical significance of his hypothesis. It should be stressed that Leontiev's hypothesis of triune development is fundamental in his works, and has a universal significance. The general sense of the development dialectics is connected with tendencies of Russian historical processes and with the implementation of the Orthodox-conservative ideals and principles associated with the Byzantine idea. Reconstruction of the development hypothesis, according to K.N. Leontiev, is correlated with organic, social-political and spiritual spheres. It is significant that the development hypothesis is a result of a complex way the thinker developed his personality and world outlook. Leontiev's philosophical works and, particularly, his hypothesis of triune development had positive assessment in the works of Russian philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries, e.g., N.A. Berdyaev, V.V. Zenkovsky, V.V. Rozanov and others.

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