Sizemskaya, I. N. ‘Not Everything is Divisible by Sense Exactly’: Russian Philosophy About Conceptual and Art Insight Into Being

Abstract: The subject of the author’s research is the conceptual and art insight into the world and being as the main feature of the Russian philosophical and social thought. In this regard, the author of the article traces back the historical development of the union of philosophy and poetry. The author focuses on their relation and interprets that union as the genetic code of the Russian spiritual culture. The unity between creativity regulated by ratio and art contemplation managing images created the topics that were common for both philosophy and poetry: the Universe and human existence, life and death, freedom and necessity, good and evil. Touching upon these topics, the author of the article indicates special features of the path of development of Russian philosophy and poetic lyrics in the XIX century. The main methods used in research is the principle of the integrity of being and philosophical perception of the world. The applied method allowed the author to set forth forcibly his conclusion about ‘the poetry of the heart having the same rights as the poetry of the thought’. The main importance and novelty is the author’s analysis of Russian philosophical poetry from the moment of its origin in Russia (early XIX century) till present and focus on similar researches carried out by the most important figures in Russian philosophy such as Vladimir Soloviev, Merezhkovsky, Frank, Stepun, Bulgakov, I. Ilyin and Zenkovsky. The article contains rich historiography on the matter.

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