About this book
This book was called Nachala i Kontzy when first published in 1908 in Russian and has been titled Anton Tchekhov and other essays as well as Penultimate Words in English when published in 1916. Lev Shestov, like Soren Kierkegaard before him, liked to ask questions. He asks if its possible to disentangle the hidden meaning of Tchekhov's works. If Dostoevsky is doomed eternally to be 'on the eve'. What if every possibility should have been exhausted, and endless repetition should begin? He discusses writers and philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Ibsen, Dostoevsky, Kant, and the ancient Greek philosophers in this book. Shestov has been called a Christian philosopher who philosophized with all his being. (by Craig Campbell)
Chapters (15)
1Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 1
2Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 2
3Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 3
4Anton Tchekhov (Oration From The Void) Part 4
5The Gift Of Prophecy
6Penultimate Words Part 1 De omnibus dubitandum Etc.
7Penultimate Words Part 2 The Force of Argument Etc.
8Penultimate Words Part 3 What is Philosophy? Etc.
9Penultimate Words Part 4 What is Truth? Etc.
10Penultimate Words Part 5 I and Thou
11The Theory of Knowledge Part 1 The Theory of Knowledge as Apologetics Etc.
12The Theory of Knowledge Part 2 Truths, Proven and Unproven Etc.
13The Theory of Knowledge Part 3 Experiment and Proof Etc.
14The Theory of Knowledge Part 4 Science and Metaphysics Etc.
15The Theory of Knowledge Part 5 The First and the Last
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