Lev SHestov - filosof ne v tradicionnom ponimanii etogo slova, a v tom zhe smysle, v kakom filosofichny SHekspir, Dostoevskij i Gete. Pochti vse ego proizvedeniya - eto blestyashhie, glubokie nepodrazhaemo originalnye literaturnye ekskursy v filosofiyu. Vsyu svoyu zhizn SHestov posvyatil ne obosnovaniyu svoej sobstvennoj sistemy, ne sozdaniyu svoej sobstvennoj koncepcii, no delu, vozmozhno, stol zhe trudnomu - otstranennomu i nepredvzyatomu izucheniyu chuzhix filosofskix postroenij, borbe s racionalisticheskimi ideyami razumnogo ponimaniya - i, nakonec, poistine genialnomu osoznaniyu zadachi filosofii kak nauki pouchit nas zhit v neizvestnosti?
Lev Isaakovich Shestov (Russian: Лев Исаа́кович Шесто́в), born Yehuda Leyb Schwarzmann (Russian: Иегуда Лейб Шварцман), variously known as Leon Shestov, Léon Chestov, Leo Shestov.
A Ukrainian/Russian existentialist philosopher. Born in Kiev (Russian Empire). He emigrated to France in 1921, fleeing from the aftermath of the October Revolution. He lived in Paris until his death.