“It is obvious that he has set himself an impossible task; slow and gradual transformations are possible, they even happen quite frequently, but they do not lead us to a new life; they only take us from one old life… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Art, science, love, inspiration, ideals—choose out all the words with which humanity is wont, or has been in the past, to be consoled or to be amused—Chekhov has only to touch them and they instantly wither and die. And Chekhov himself faded, withered and died before our eyes. Only his wonderful art did not die—his art to kill by a… — Lev Shestov Copy Share
“After a tragedy, a farce. Philosophy enters into her power, and the earth returns under one's feet.” — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“He did not want to be original; he made superhuman efforts to be like everybody else: but there is no escaping one's destiny.” — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“So long as the child was fed on its mother's milk, everything seemed to it smooth and easy. But when it had to give… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Yet, with all his acuteness, it did not occur to him that Europe was not in the least to blame for his disillusionment. Europe… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Aproape de fiecare data cand se refera la moarte, Socrate repeta, in opera lui Platon, cuvintele lui Euripide. Nimeni nu stie daca viata nu… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, as long as the world shall last, there will always be people who, either for the sake of peace or from an unquiet… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Although we had had no precise exponents of realism, yet after Pushkin it was impossible for a Russian writer to depart too far from… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“They certified that I was sane; but I know that I am mad." This confession gives us the key to what is most important… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“More striking still, a broken man is generally deprived of everything except the ability to acknowledge and feel his position.” — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Anton Chekhov tells the truth neither out of love or respect for the truth, nor yet because, in the Kantian manner, a high duty… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Even Pushkin, who could understand everything, did not grasp the real significance of Dead Souls. He thought that the author was grieving for Russia,… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
