PREMIUM FEATURE
Advanced Search Filters
Filter search results by source, date, and more with our premium search tools.
To understand Plotinus's thought we have to study his writings, to read them not once but many times, and to seek precisely for that definition which… - Lev Shestov
" "To understand Plotinus's thought we have to study his writings, to read them not once but many times, and to seek precisely for that definition which he tries in all ways to avoid. In other words, to study Plotinus means to kill him, and not to study him means to renounce him. What is to be done? how can we find a way out of this absurd position? p. 335
English
Collect this quote
About Lev Shestov
Lev Isaakovich Shestov (born Yehuda Leib Shvartsman; February 12 [O.S. January 31] 1866 - November 19, 1938) was a Russian existentialist philosopher, known for his "philosophy of despair".
Also Known As
Alternative Names:
Lev Isaakovich Shestov
Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.
Additional quotes by Lev Shestov
Unvarnished truth, that truth which runs contrary to the vital needs of human nature, is worse than any lie. This is what Tolstoy thought when he wrote War and Peace, when he was still entirely possessed by Aristotle's ideas, when he was afraid of madness and the asylum and hoped that he would never have to live in an individual world of his own. p. 94
"In so far as the soul is in the body it rests in deep sleep," says Plotinus (III,vi,6). For a century past Plotinus's doctrine has been attracting increasing attention from philosophers. New works on Plotinus are continually appearing, and each fresh examination is another hymn in his praise. p. 327
Loading...