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Aleksei Losev

Aleksei Losev was a Russian and Soviet classical philologist, philosopher, music educator, writer, translator and historian (1893–1988). He was born at Novocherkassk and died at Moscow.

Also recorded as Aleksei Fedorovich Losev; Aleksei Fyodorovich Losev.

Aleksei Losev in brief

Born
1893
Died
1988
Known for
philosopher, music educator, writer, translator, historian and philologist
Place of birth
Novocherkassk
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Aleksei Fedorovich Losev and Aleksei Fyodorovich Losev. His recorded language was Russian.

He married Loseva-Sokolova Valentina Mikhailovna.

Formation and teaching

Aleksei Losev studied at Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University and Imperial Moscow University. The record notes the qualifications Doctor of Sciences in Philology and honorary degree. His recorded influences include Nikolai Berdyaev, Vladimir Solovyov, Edmund Husserl, Henri Bergson and Pavel Florensky.

Career and activity

Aleksei Losev worked in philosophy, history of philosophy, ancient philosophy, hermeneutics and myth. His work is associated with continental philosophy.

He was employed by Moscow Pedagogical State University.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

The Dialectics of Myth. Vladimir Solov'ev i Ego Vremia: [Vladimir Solov'ev and his time: ].

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Losev, Aleksei Fëdorovich (1893–1988), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Aleksei Fedorovich Losev, Soviet Studies in Literature, 1990. Aleksei Losev e o inimigo invisível: mito e imaginário, Diagnóstico do tempo: implicações éticas, políticas e sociais da pandemia, 2020. Aleksei Fedorovich Losev, Soviet Studies in Philosophy, 1989. “Philosophy of Life” by Aleksei F. Losev: New Materials on the Problem. Aleksei F. Losev. Life, ed. by Elena A. Takho-Godi, Voprosy Filosofii, 2021. A.F. Losev on F.M. Dostoevsky. About Losev's Activity in the Literary Section of the GAKhN, RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2021. Russian philosophy and circus art, Studia Humanitatis, 2022.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Лосев А.Ф. Античная Мифология С Античными Комментариями К Ней 2005 (2005) — Internet Archive. Aleksei Losev Why Science Is Mythological — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Aleksei Losev studied at Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University and Imperial Moscow University. the recorded working language is Russian.

The field of work recorded is philosophy, history of philosophy and ancient philosophy. The authority associates the name with continental philosophy. Nikolai Berdyaev, Vladimir Solovyov and Edmund Husserl are recorded as an influence.

Employment is recorded with Moscow Pedagogical State University.

Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Chronology

  1. 1893Aleksei Losev born at Novocherkassk.
  2. 1988Aleksei Losev died at Moscow.
  3. 2005Лосев А.Ф. Античная Мифология С Античными Комментариями К Ней 2005 digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Aleksei Losev”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1248105: Aleksei Losev

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