Konstantin Leontiev: ascetism and aesthetics
Journal: Solov’evskie issledovaniya
Year: 2024

The article briefly presents the main features and principles of K.N. Leontiev’s worldview and philosophizing. The main subject of the study is the relationship between the categories of “asceticism” and “aestheticism” in his philosophy, journalism and artistic creativity. The differences between Leontiev and the traditional idea of a conservative thinker are pointed out. The author pays attention to his “pedagogical” methodology, which manifested itself in communication with his closest student