Socrates. Plato. Aristotle. David Hume. Schopenhauer

The biographies collected in this volume were published about a hundred years ago as separate books in the series "The Lives of Remarkable People," carried out by F. F. Pavlenkov (1839-1900). Written in a new genre for that time, the... poetic chronicle and historical-cultural study, these texts retain their informational and energy-psychological value to this day. Originally written "for ordinary people" in the Russian provinces, today they can be recommended not only to bibliophiles but to the widest reading audience: both to those who are not at all versed in the history and psychology of great individuals and to those for whom these subjects are their profession.
Compiler: Bol dyrev N.F.