Viktor Nikolaevich Trostnikov, contemporary philosophers of Russia

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Our contemporary philosopher Trostnikov came to philosophy from mathematics. He is not just a philosopher, but continues the dynasty of Orthodox Russian philosophers, among them - P. A. Florensky, N. A. Berdyaev, V. V. Rozanov, and at a later time P. Florensky, A. F. Losev, S. S. Averintsev and others.

Orthodox philosophy as a bright direction appeared in the 19th century and does not lose its relevance today. Orthodox philosophers try to answer the questions that we most often ask ourselves throughout our lives. Especially when problems lead us to a dead end.

Philosopher from the capital

Vitaly Nikolaevich Trostnikov was born in 1928. He lived all his life in Moscow, where he was born, with the exception of the war period. In 2017, the writer passed away. It happened on September 29th. Trostnitsky was 90 years old.

After Trostnikov left numerous works. From the most frequently cited books by Trostnikov Viktor Nikolaevich- "Who are we?", "Orthodox Civilization", "Faith and Reason", "Thoughts before Dawn", "Thoughts before Sunset", published in 2015. "Thoughts Before Sunset" received the Golden Delvig Literature Prize.

From mathematician to philosopher

What led a mathematician to philosophy? Viktor Nikolayevich graduated from the Physics and Technology Department of Moscow State University, received the title of Associate Professor, taught.

At the age of 42, he brilliantly defended his PhD thesis. Not on mathematical topics, but in the field of philosophical sciences.

How to become a dissident

In 1980, his first book was published. The first of those that the author devoted to the problems of religion in modern life is “Thoughts before Dawn”. In it, he talks about the theory of Darwinism, about higher providence, about what science has achieved when it went in its explanations about the creation of the world by the ancient Greek method: in order to understand the truth, one must reduce the initial data to the point of absurdity.

Viktor Nikolayevich reasonably analyzes Darwinism and its problems, also writes about the origin of atheism in the 19th century. The book was published in Paris, and that was enough to become a dissident.

Mathematicians, they spend their whole lives looking for solutions to formulas. What formula prompted Trostnikov to the divine? What topic took him away from the history of mathematics and logic to God? After all, having abandoned the usual way of life, the mathematician turned out to be a dissident, lost his job at the department.

For the sake of his favorite business, Reeds was ready to accept hardships. After losing his position at the university, he worked as a watchman. Up toadjustment.

But, having gone to labor, he continued to write about faith and the meaning of life. This period of life includes "Dismissal". In this work, the author reflects on the prospects for the spiritual development of the country.

Reeds is friends and communicates with many well-known representatives of the scientific and cultural intelligentsia of that time. In one journalistic story, he talks about his meetings and friendship with Vladimir Vysotsky.

Viktor Nikolaevich met him at meetings of writers from the Metropol almanac. This work consists of texts by such well-known writers as E. Rein, B. Akhmadulina, A. Voznesensky, V. Vysotsky, Yu. Karabchievsky and others. These authors were rarely printed or not printed at all. The collection was published by samizdat in the amount of 12 magazines.

New creative life

Since the 90s Viktor Nikolaevich is already often published in various periodicals, his books are published.

For many years he was a professor at the University of Orthodoxy.

If the first book devoted to philosophical problems was called "Thoughts before dawn", then the last book by Viktor Nikolaevich Trostnikov is called "Thoughts before sunset". The author throws a bridge between the beginning of a philosophical career and the end of a life path. However, after "Thoughts before sunset" Reeds managed to finish the really last book - "After what was written." It was created during 2016, and the book was published in the winter of the following year.

The work of Viktor Nikolaevich Trostnikov"Thoughts Before Sunset" begins with a quote from St. Augustine: "If I understand the time, I will understand everything."

History as God's Providence

Viktor Nikolaevich Trostnikov was also published in a collection devoted to one topic - historiosophy and reflection on history. The collection is called "History as Divine Providence." Under one cover here are the historiosophical reflections of Orthodox thinkers G. M. Shimanov, V. Yu. Katasonov (international economist) and V. N. Trostnikov (Orthodox thinker, writer, one of the ideologists of the Russian national revival). All works are united by an attempt to understand the meaning of universal history and, in more detail, Russian history. "History as God's Providence" Viktor Nikolaevich Trostnikov was born in 2014

In the texts, Viktor Trostnikov reflects on the universe, modern problems of civilization from the standpoint of Orthodoxy. Trostnikov dreamed that those who live in Russia would know the history of the country and would embark on the path leading to God. The path, according to the philosopher, lost by Western civilization and therefore doomed to destruction.

One of the favorite topics of Viktor Nikolaevich Trostnikov is the philosophy of history, reflections on it from the point of view of Orthodoxy. Books such as “The Path of Russia in the 20th Century”, “Having Life, Returned to Death”, “God in Russian History”, “Orthodox Civilization”, “Russia on Earth and in Heaven”, “Being Russian is Our Destiny” are devoted to this idea..

Philosophical talk

Viktor Nikolayevich's friends celebrate himencyclopedic mind, excellent knowledge of the subject and they say that Trostnikov was able to captivate people of different ages with stories about the history of people of different ages and easily captured the attention of children.

The program "Philosophical Conversation" was also popular, where Viktor Nikolaevich Trostnikov conducted philosophical conversations, talking about famous thinkers of mankind.

The central idea of Trostnikov was that history is written to us from above. And the multipolarity of civilizations is an element of the divine plan. And that God's providence, despite the cataclysms, saves the Orthodox country from destruction.