Roman Svetlov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4517920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roman Svetlov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roman |
| FAMILY NAME | Svetlov |
| SIGNATURE | SVETLOV R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Herzen University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7767-1441 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Plotinus' Noology and Ancient Skepticism
The correlation of the basic concepts of Neoplatonism, its epistemological, noological ideas and its apophatics with ancient skepticism is encountered from time to time in modern studies. This article aims to discover the reasons for this phenomenon: historical (related to the evolution of interpretations of Plato’s legacy), substantive (related to the theme of the mind in ancient philosophy), and formal-discursive (related to the mechanisms of t…
Other and Nothing in Platonic apophatics
The article is devoted to the problem of the correlation of apophatic issues in the dialogues "Sophist" and "Parmenides". The article substantiates the position that the doctrine of non-being, presented in the Sophist, is one of the foundations of the first two hypotheses of Parmenides. An important point in the Sophist is the distinction between the other (ἕτερον) and the nature of the other (θατέρου φύσιν), which serves as a prerequisite for th…
«Heliocentrism» of Julian the Apostate
Heliocentrism played an important role in the formation of ancient theoretical astronomy. However, as we know, the geocentric theory won the competition. Nonetheless, in the writings of Julian the Apostate we can see the reminiscences if not of the heliocentrism of Aristarchus of Samos then elements of the cosmology of Heraclides Ponticus. The paper points out to what extent these “reminiscences” have a rhetorical character, emphasizing the influ…
Between Empire and National State — the Modern Context of K. Leontiev’s Concept
In the 1980s, Historical Sociology and Philosophy turned to the subject of Empire, based on new premises. The Empire is no longer understood by many researchers as a vestige of the political reality of the past. They began to interpret it as a mechanism for transforming chaos into order, connecting the civilizational periphery to the ‘future’, which is controlled by the center of civilization. The metaphor of the ‘eternal return’ became a popular…
Universals of Rational (Philosophical) Theology
A.N. Egunov's «Outlines» for the translation of Plato's «Symposium»
The archive of A. N. Egunov, a prominent Russian writer, poet, and scholar, includes unpublished fragments of his translation of the dialogue «Symposium». These fragments were prepared during his work on the 1965 edition of Plato's Selected Dialogues. Egunov carefully researched the then available translations of the «Symposium» and concluded that none of them met the requirements of a modern edition. He prepared recommendations for future transl…
Porphyry, Chaldaism, Judaism
The article seeks to explain the issue of why Porphyry of Tire, the first thinker introducing the discourses of the «Chaldean oracles» into Platonism, did not integrate Chaldaism and Judaism in his ideas on the nature of barbarian "theologies". For example, Julian the Apostate had accomplished such integration in his “political theology”. In the authors' opinion the reason for Porphyry's caution was his assessment of theurgy and its role in the g…
The evolution of the Russian state in the context of formational views on the structure of the world history
The approach to history in general and the history of Russia in particular, which points to the presence of the necessary historical stages, is primarily associated with various trends in Marxism. In the case of the last centuries of Russian history, the most important point is the question of the nature of the 1917 Revolution. More generally, it is a question of the extent to which Marxist theory is able to substantiate the possibility of a “jum…
Ontology and Epistemology of Non-being in Plato's Philosophy
The dialogues "Parmenides" and "Sophist" are among the most important texts of Plato, where the themes of non-existence and apophaticism are considered. In the 20th century, they received interpretations radically different from the Neoplatonic one. They are now considered mainly as texts about the boundaries of language and knowledge, rather than about that ontological objectivity, which is quite openly declared in them. The authors of this arti…
Hippias’s “Collection” — a handbook for a man of wisdom
Despite the obvious revival of interest in the First Sophistry in recent decades, Hippias of Elis is poorly considered in the con-text of the history of ancient education. Evidences about his phil-osophical views are not investigated as something significant in the development of ancient philosophy. Usually Hippias is inter-preted as a representative of the nascent genre of doxography. Meanwhile, there is an opportunity to consider evidence of hi…
Julian the Apostate and Creator God from the «Letters to the Jewish Community»
Iconography of Plato in antiquity and in medieval orthodox painting
The article is devoted to the topic of visualization, which is relevant for the modern world in general and scientific knowledge in particular, investigated through the image of Plato in Antiquity and in medieval Orthodox painting. Using the example of Plato’s iconography as a visual message, the authors want to show the great potential for the development of the visual history of philosophy, anthropology and culture in general, as well as the ne…
Julian the Apostate's interpretation of the religious ecumene of the Empire in the context of the project for the restoration of the Jerusalem Temple
Julian the Apostate carried out his religious reforms, relying on the concept of religious piety, which he developed on the basis of the "Chaldean oracles" and contemporary Neoplatonism. His attempt to find a concordat with the Jewish communities fully fits into this concept. Having discovered the "Chaldean" origins of the religion of Abraham, Julian was able to include even the worship of Yahweh in the framework of neo-Platonic theology. The res…
Theology in the context of the dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues
The so-called «dramatic approach» to the interpretation of Plato's texts provides us with some additional tools to explore his theological concepts. The article examines possible ways to connect with each other two "theologies" that are found in Plato's dialogues: static theology from the intelligible universe, and dynamic theology from the visible universe, which is in constant genesis. From the point of view of the «dramatic» approach, we must …
Wonder in the Pedagogy of Antiquity
The article aims to analyse wonder as a pedagogical phenomenon in ancient philosophy and religion. Aristotle’s judgment about mythologists and their interest in the miraculous, which is initially close to philosophy, is reinforced in a rich ancient narrative about amazing people who made amazing discoveries (such as Aristeas from Proconnes, who probably reached Siberia). At the same time, the wonder that the ancient tradition writes about does no…
Training for courage — the version of Nicias
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The Argument from Analogy in the Apology of St. Theophilus of Antioch “To Autolycus”
Mathematical joke from the Statesman and the limits of rationality in the philosophy of Plato
The «mathematical joke» from the Statesman is a good occasion for discussing the irrational in Plato's philosophy. This joke demonstrates that human nature is ungraspable in a rational way. Actually, the theme of human irrationality is present in a number of key-texts of Plato's anthropology. This topic is also important for other fundamental problems of his philosophy. The central word is «δύναμις», which is found in those texts of Plato, where …
Plato and Hume
The authors attempt to expand the view of the well-known argument from Master and Slave through the prism of comparing the method of analysis of causality in Plato and Hume. We try to demonstrate a certain similarity of the logic of the proof adopted by two philosophers, as well as the research prospects that such a comparison opens up. In particular, it shows the grounds on which a skeptical tendency arises in the Academy
The Phenomenon of Israeli-Judah Prophecy and Elements of Ancient “Philosophical Prophetism” in the “Axial Epoch”
The article makes an attempt to reveal a number of the most significant features of the Israeli-Judah prophecy (VIII–VI cent. BCE), which in effect turned out to be the key worldview phenomenon of the first half of the “axial epoch” in the history of mankind, when “man of such a type appeared, which has survived to this day” (K. Jaspers). The mission of the Hebrew prophet is much broader than a simple prediction of the future, for his prophecies …
The “Odyssey” of the Notion of Wisdom in Ancient Thought and Some Peculiarities of the Concepts of Wisdom in the Bible
Понятие мудрости в античной Элладе имело самую настоящую «Одиссею». Первоначально связанная с искусностью, мастерством, совершенством и эффективностью своего носителя, она постепенно начинает мыслиться черездвойственность мудрости человеческой и божественной. Греческая философия – вопреки народным массам и «естественной религии» — приходит к выводу об удаленности богов, об их «возвышенности» и даже в каком-тосмысле трансцендентности (Платон, Эпик…
Rational Theology in Polemic Strategies of Early Christian Apologues
The texts of early Christian apologists are an example of a clear argumentative reaction to a number of external and internal challenges. The internal ones included changes in the size and structure of the community, increased heterodoxia, and a decrease in eschatological moods. Among the external – on the one hand, the growth of hostility and systematic persecution on the part of Rome, on the other, the specific atmosphere of the “age of the Ant…
Hermeneutics in Russia
The Sage and the Demos
The Athens of the Classical period saw the emergence of a new social group — the intellectuals. This article looks into their socialisation process, focusing on a part of Plato’s Apology (21а‐22е). In it, Socrates lists three groups of Athenians that compete with the intellectuals in shaping young minds: politicians, poets and artisans. It is these groups that ended up bringing charges against Socrates. The fact that Socrates does not include far…
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Hermeneutics in Russia
The Sage and the Demos
The Athens of the Classical period saw the emergence of a new social group — the intellectuals. This article looks into their socialisation process, focusing on a part of Plato’s Apology (21а‐22е). In it, Socrates lists three groups of Athenians that compete with the intellectuals in shaping young minds: politicians, poets and artisans. It is these groups that ended up bringing charges against Socrates. The fact that Socrates does not include far…
Training for courage — the version of Nicias
( )
The Argument from Analogy in the Apology of St. Theophilus of Antioch “To Autolycus”
Mathematical joke from the Statesman and the limits of rationality in the philosophy of Plato
The «mathematical joke» from the Statesman is a good occasion for discussing the irrational in Plato's philosophy. This joke demonstrates that human nature is ungraspable in a rational way. Actually, the theme of human irrationality is present in a number of key-texts of Plato's anthropology. This topic is also important for other fundamental problems of his philosophy. The central word is «δύναμις», which is found in those texts of Plato, where …
Plato and Hume
The authors attempt to expand the view of the well-known argument from Master and Slave through the prism of comparing the method of analysis of causality in Plato and Hume. We try to demonstrate a certain similarity of the logic of the proof adopted by two philosophers, as well as the research prospects that such a comparison opens up. In particular, it shows the grounds on which a skeptical tendency arises in the Academy
The Phenomenon of Israeli-Judah Prophecy and Elements of Ancient “Philosophical Prophetism” in the “Axial Epoch”
The article makes an attempt to reveal a number of the most significant features of the Israeli-Judah prophecy (VIII–VI cent. BCE), which in effect turned out to be the key worldview phenomenon of the first half of the “axial epoch” in the history of mankind, when “man of such a type appeared, which has survived to this day” (K. Jaspers). The mission of the Hebrew prophet is much broader than a simple prediction of the future, for his prophecies …
The “Odyssey” of the Notion of Wisdom in Ancient Thought and Some Peculiarities of the Concepts of Wisdom in the Bible
Понятие мудрости в античной Элладе имело самую настоящую «Одиссею». Первоначально связанная с искусностью, мастерством, совершенством и эффективностью своего носителя, она постепенно начинает мыслиться черездвойственность мудрости человеческой и божественной. Греческая философия – вопреки народным массам и «естественной религии» — приходит к выводу об удаленности богов, об их «возвышенности» и даже в каком-тосмысле трансцендентности (Платон, Эпик…
Rational Theology in Polemic Strategies of Early Christian Apologues
The texts of early Christian apologists are an example of a clear argumentative reaction to a number of external and internal challenges. The internal ones included changes in the size and structure of the community, increased heterodoxia, and a decrease in eschatological moods. Among the external – on the one hand, the growth of hostility and systematic persecution on the part of Rome, on the other, the specific atmosphere of the “age of the Ant…
Hippias’s “Collection” — a handbook for a man of wisdom
Despite the obvious revival of interest in the First Sophistry in recent decades, Hippias of Elis is poorly considered in the con-text of the history of ancient education. Evidences about his phil-osophical views are not investigated as something significant in the development of ancient philosophy. Usually Hippias is inter-preted as a representative of the nascent genre of doxography. Meanwhile, there is an opportunity to consider evidence of hi…
Julian the Apostate and Creator God from the «Letters to the Jewish Community»
Iconography of Plato in antiquity and in medieval orthodox painting
The article is devoted to the topic of visualization, which is relevant for the modern world in general and scientific knowledge in particular, investigated through the image of Plato in Antiquity and in medieval Orthodox painting. Using the example of Plato’s iconography as a visual message, the authors want to show the great potential for the development of the visual history of philosophy, anthropology and culture in general, as well as the ne…
Julian the Apostate's interpretation of the religious ecumene of the Empire in the context of the project for the restoration of the Jerusalem Temple
Julian the Apostate carried out his religious reforms, relying on the concept of religious piety, which he developed on the basis of the "Chaldean oracles" and contemporary Neoplatonism. His attempt to find a concordat with the Jewish communities fully fits into this concept. Having discovered the "Chaldean" origins of the religion of Abraham, Julian was able to include even the worship of Yahweh in the framework of neo-Platonic theology. The res…
Theology in the context of the dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues
The so-called «dramatic approach» to the interpretation of Plato's texts provides us with some additional tools to explore his theological concepts. The article examines possible ways to connect with each other two "theologies" that are found in Plato's dialogues: static theology from the intelligible universe, and dynamic theology from the visible universe, which is in constant genesis. From the point of view of the «dramatic» approach, we must …
Wonder in the Pedagogy of Antiquity
The article aims to analyse wonder as a pedagogical phenomenon in ancient philosophy and religion. Aristotle’s judgment about mythologists and their interest in the miraculous, which is initially close to philosophy, is reinforced in a rich ancient narrative about amazing people who made amazing discoveries (such as Aristeas from Proconnes, who probably reached Siberia). At the same time, the wonder that the ancient tradition writes about does no…
Ontology and Epistemology of Non-being in Plato's Philosophy
The dialogues "Parmenides" and "Sophist" are among the most important texts of Plato, where the themes of non-existence and apophaticism are considered. In the 20th century, they received interpretations radically different from the Neoplatonic one. They are now considered mainly as texts about the boundaries of language and knowledge, rather than about that ontological objectivity, which is quite openly declared in them. The authors of this arti…
Universals of Rational (Philosophical) Theology
A.N. Egunov's «Outlines» for the translation of Plato's «Symposium»
The archive of A. N. Egunov, a prominent Russian writer, poet, and scholar, includes unpublished fragments of his translation of the dialogue «Symposium». These fragments were prepared during his work on the 1965 edition of Plato's Selected Dialogues. Egunov carefully researched the then available translations of the «Symposium» and concluded that none of them met the requirements of a modern edition. He prepared recommendations for future transl…
Porphyry, Chaldaism, Judaism
The article seeks to explain the issue of why Porphyry of Tire, the first thinker introducing the discourses of the «Chaldean oracles» into Platonism, did not integrate Chaldaism and Judaism in his ideas on the nature of barbarian "theologies". For example, Julian the Apostate had accomplished such integration in his “political theology”. In the authors' opinion the reason for Porphyry's caution was his assessment of theurgy and its role in the g…
The evolution of the Russian state in the context of formational views on the structure of the world history
The approach to history in general and the history of Russia in particular, which points to the presence of the necessary historical stages, is primarily associated with various trends in Marxism. In the case of the last centuries of Russian history, the most important point is the question of the nature of the 1917 Revolution. More generally, it is a question of the extent to which Marxist theory is able to substantiate the possibility of a “jum…
Other and Nothing in Platonic apophatics
The article is devoted to the problem of the correlation of apophatic issues in the dialogues "Sophist" and "Parmenides". The article substantiates the position that the doctrine of non-being, presented in the Sophist, is one of the foundations of the first two hypotheses of Parmenides. An important point in the Sophist is the distinction between the other (ἕτερον) and the nature of the other (θατέρου φύσιν), which serves as a prerequisite for th…
«Heliocentrism» of Julian the Apostate
Heliocentrism played an important role in the formation of ancient theoretical astronomy. However, as we know, the geocentric theory won the competition. Nonetheless, in the writings of Julian the Apostate we can see the reminiscences if not of the heliocentrism of Aristarchus of Samos then elements of the cosmology of Heraclides Ponticus. The paper points out to what extent these “reminiscences” have a rhetorical character, emphasizing the influ…
Between Empire and National State — the Modern Context of K. Leontiev’s Concept
In the 1980s, Historical Sociology and Philosophy turned to the subject of Empire, based on new premises. The Empire is no longer understood by many researchers as a vestige of the political reality of the past. They began to interpret it as a mechanism for transforming chaos into order, connecting the civilizational periphery to the ‘future’, which is controlled by the center of civilization. The metaphor of the ‘eternal return’ became a popular…
Plotinus' Noology and Ancient Skepticism
The correlation of the basic concepts of Neoplatonism, its epistemological, noological ideas and its apophatics with ancient skepticism is encountered from time to time in modern studies. This article aims to discover the reasons for this phenomenon: historical (related to the evolution of interpretations of Plato’s legacy), substantive (related to the theme of the mind in ancient philosophy), and formal-discursive (related to the mechanisms of t…
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