Three speeches in memory of Dostoevsky (excerpts)

Abstract

Editorial notes. Starting with this issue of the journal, we plan to publish materials on philosophy and theory of art. As a rule, they have already become part of the classical heritage in aesthetics and art history, but have not lost their significance, and in a sense, in conditions when many ideological guidelines in art have been lost or forgotten, acquire special significance. The text presented below belongs to the pen of the outstanding Russian philosopher Vladimir Sergeevich Solovyov (1853-1900), who had a tremendous impact on the entire culture of Russia, the period of the “Silver Age”, which stood at the origins of the Russian “spiritual revival”. His thoughts are the best answer to today's burning questions about the purpose and essence of genuine art, one of the brightest incarnations of which was the work of F.M. Dostoevsky.