Sobolevska, Olena K.Соболевська, Олена КостянтинівнаСоболевская, Елена Константиновна2022-05-242022-05-242022ІІ Верниковські читання (2022): Матеріали наук. читань пам’яті Марата Верникова / відп. ред. В. Л. Левченко. – Одеса: Одеський нац. ун-т, 2022.https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/32968More than a hundred years ago, Leo Shestov remarked in connection with Socrates’ deathbed words (“… the one aim of those who practice philosophy in the proper manner is to practice for dying and death” [Phaedo, 64a]) that if we look in any of the modern philosophy textbooks, we won’t find a hint of such an occupation there. No sane person, according to Shestov, would agree to exchange real, tangible life for a problematic exercise in death.enphilosophypoetrypractice of deathArticle