Multitude of Images of Hryhorii Skovoroda in the Works of Kyiv Theological Academy Teachers and Students (19th – early 20th Century)
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2022
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Pastushenko, Liudmyla
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Abstract
This is the fi rst article recreating the full history of research on the Ukrainian philosopher
Hryhorii Skovoroda made by students and teachers of the Kyiv Theological Academy in the
second half of the 19th – beginning of the 20th century. The analysis highlights the qualitative diversity of research interpretations of Skovoroda’s fi gure and his creative work in cultural, historical, and biographical contexts, while identifying common features that unite those
diff erent scientifi c perceptions. The article demonstrates that the academic research interest in
Skovoroda’s heritage was both due to the desire to introduce this little-known at that time
fi gure of the Ukrainian thinker by creating a variety of attractive images, and to prove that
idealistic direction prevailed in local philosophy since the beginning of its formation. Disclosing
the multilayered structure of interpretations of Skovoroda present in the scientifi c studies of
theological academic researchers, enabled the author to show simultaneous unity and diversity
of theoretical and methodological approaches found within the national academic
interpretational fi eld and determined by diff erent philosophical, scientifi c, cultural, educational,
and sociopolitical priorities of researchers.
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Kyiv Theological Academy, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Hryhorii Skovoroda, religious philosopher, idealism, mysticism, moral doctrine, article
Citation
Pastushenko L. Multitude of Images of Hryhorii Skovoroda in the Works of Kyiv Theological Academy Teachers and Students (19th – early 20th Century) / Liudmyla Pastushenko // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2022. - № 9. - P. 166-186. - https://doi.org/10.18523/.2022..166-186