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• Protopopov Ivan Alekseevich
  
• Nogovitsin Oleg Nikolaevich      

"ΕΙΝΑΙ: The Problems of Philosophy and Theology" Volume 3, No. 1/2 (5/6) 2014

• I. A. Protopopov. The concept of nothing and the principle of negativity
  in the Logic of Hegel - И. А. Протопопов. Понятие «ничто» и принцип негативности в Логике Гегеля - текст в PDF, 434 KB.

  This article devoted to the investigation of the concept of nothing and
  the principle of negativity in the Logic of Hegel. The author shows that nothing, conceivable of Hegel in a positive way is the ontological basis of negativity, which is revealed in the form of a certain principle negation, related with itself, causing to the development of thinking in its identity with the being. The certain negation in Hegel’s speculative dialectic has, primarily, the form of the immediate negativity of pure being, which in his identity with nothing is the beginning of the existence of all things, then, the form, mediated negativity essence, conceivable in reflective definitions of identity, difference and contradiction and the highest form of absolute negativity of concept, which in the opposite to each other moments of universal,
  particular and singular revealed as absolute, positing himself the subject.

• A. A. Ivanenko. Article Hegel’s «Faith and knowledge» between philosophy
  of identity and the «Phenomenology of spirit» - А.А. Иваненко. Работа Г.В.Ф. Гегеля «Вера и знание» между философией тождества и «Феноменологией духа». Предисловие к русскому переводу первых двух частей - текст в PDF, 204 KB.

  The article highlights the history of the publication of the «Critical journal of philosophy», which in 1802 was first published work of G. W. F. Hegel «Faith and knowledge». In this regard highlights the Hegelian conception of philosophical criticism of this period of his philosophical development, which was the basis of the ideological program of this journal. On the basis of the starting points of this
  critique is installed Hegelian view of that period about the philosophy and its connection with Schelling’s philosophy of identity, as well as upcoming path differences of the two great idealists.

"ΕΙΝΑΙ: The Problems of Philosophy and Theology" Volume 2, No. 1/2 (3/4) 2013 

• I. A. Protopopov. Hegel’s Logic as speculative theology and the concept
  of God in his «Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion» - Протопопов И. А. Гегелевская логика как спекулятивная теология и понятие о Боге в его «Лекциях по философии религии» - текст в PDF, 354 kb.

  The article is devoted to the problem of theological interpretation of Hegel’s Logic, which is conceived as speculative theology in correlation with the concept of God in his «Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion». The author shows that the «Science of Logic» of Hegel as a science, representing the self-revelation of the absolute idea, manifests own existence of God, which is cognized in the form of concept. It is metaphysical theology, which considers the evolution of the concept of God in the sphere of pure thought. However, the absolute idea unfolding of the existence of God in his eternal
  essence attains a higher concrete being only through unity with the human consciousness in the form of self-knowledge of the absolute spirit. Not the original being, but self-revelation of God through the positing of her for himself being, investigated in the framework of the «Philosophy of Spirit», makes the true actuality as Spirit.

• A. B. Patkul. The Comments to the Publication of the Russian Translation
  of F. W. J. Schelling’s Treatise «On the Source of Eternal Truths» - Паткуль А. Б. К публикации русского перевода «Трактата об источнике вечных истин» Ф. В. Й. Шеллинга - текст в PDF, 419 kb.

  This article is made as the comments, which accompanies the publication of translation of late F. W. J. Schelling’s treatise titled «On the Source of Eternal Truths»
  (1850) in Russian. Three reasons of actuality of such translation are emphasized here. Frist of all, it shows the originality of Schelling’s relationship to the history of philosophy,
  including ancient and medieval philosophy. In the second place, the treatise let us see peculiarity of Schelling’s position in the framework of philosophy of modern philosophy in general and of the German idealism in particular. In the third place, this could shape
  the understanding of Schelling’s late philosophy for contemporary philosophy.

• Ф. В. Й. Шеллинг. Трактат об источнике вечных истин. Пер. А. Б. Паткуля;
  коммент. А. Б. Паткуля,В. Л. Иванова, О. Н. Ноговицина - текст в PDF, 689 kb.

"ΕΙΝΑΙ: The Problems of Philosophy and Theology" Volume 1, No. 1/2 (1/2) 2012

• V. L. Ivanov. Principium omnium primum: the Significance of the Principle of Contradiction in the Order of Explication of the notio entis in the Ontology of Christian Wolff - In Russian: Иванов В.Л. Principium omnium primum: место принципа противоречия в порядке экспликации понятия сущего в науке онтологии Христиана Вольфа - text in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), 337 kb.

  The article tries to interpret the significance of the first Principle within the ontology by Chr. Wolff and to determine the characteristic features of this science. It describes the place of the Principle of Contradiction in the scientific deduction of notio entis in genere within the first two sections of Ontologia by Wolff. Furthermore it explains the connection between the Principle of Contradiction and the Principle of Sufficient Reason in Wolff. Then the extraordinary significance of the Principle of Contradiction for Wolff is explicated as a kind of indicator for the peculiar understanding of the new science of ontology in order to determine the specific form of Wolff’s modern ontology. To this purpose the significance of the Principle is compared to the role it plays in the scholastic metaphysics (in the 3rd Metaphysical Disputation of Fr. Suarez, SJ). As a result a peculiar displacement of the concept of metaphysics as the rational science that occurs in the Modern Age is identified.
  

• I. A. Protopopov. Problem of the ontological proof and concept of the transcendental ideal in the Kant’s philosophy - In Russian: Протопопов И.А. Проблема онтологического доказательства и понятие о трансцендентальном идеале в философии Канта - text in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), 325 kb.

  The article is dedicated to the problem of ontological proof of the existence of God and concept of the transcendental ideal in the Kant’s philosophy. In contrast to the «Critique of Pure Reason» in the «precritical» period Kant believed that there was theoretical proof of the existence of God. He represents this his proof in the early works as «ontological», to distinguish it from the Cartesian’s argument, which he would call «ontological» only in the «Critique of Pure Reason». Kant’s ontological argument which was established on the basis of general concept of being and of real possibility loses its constitutive significance in the «Critique of Pure Reason» and receives the regulative status of the transcendental ideal.

• V. L. Ivanov. Metaphysica of A.G. Baumgarten within the Tradition of the German School Philosophy of the XVIIIth Century. An Introduction - In Russian: Иванов В.Л. «Метафизика» Баумгартена в традиции немецкой школьной философии XVIII в. Предисловие к переводу - text in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), 390 kb.

  This article plays a role of introduction to the translation of the Preface and the 1st Chapter of Metaphysica by A.G. Baumgarten. It describes the philosopher’s biography, explicates the scientific genre and the stylistic aspects of this opus. Likewise, it shows the German school philosophy of the XVII – XVIII centuries as the context for the creation and reception of this book. The article contains the Baumgarten’s own Synopsis of the Metaphysica. Besides, some specific features of the treatise in Ontologia have been also analysed.
  

• 1st Chapter of Metaphysica by A.G. Baumgarten - In Russian: Александр Готлиб Баумгартен. Метафизика (Предисловие. Пролегомены к метафизике. Часть 1. Онтология: Пролегомены. Гл.1). Пер. М.М. Позднева, В. Л. Иванова, Т. В. Антонова - text in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), 280 kb.

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