Masonic teachings and social ideals of Catherine''s era
The success of educational philosophy in the eighteenth century was due to urgent social reforms and the search for the truth about the world's best minds of Russian society. Masonic teaching spiritual requests satisfy the young forces of the Russian nobility and meet the mentalities of the dominant class. Masonic etiquette debt linked Western European philosophical ideas of upbringing and “improvements”, and the religious experience of orthodoxy is the commandment of brotherly love, of cleansing from sin and overcome the evil in the world with good deeds. On the formation of public values very disparate factors have influenced era: strengthening of the autocracy in Russia and the training of the revolution in France. Spiritual heritage of Russian “free Masons” is blend of noble citizenship and Christian mysticism, “republicanism” and “true religion”. At a crucial period in the history of the fatherland, they sought to achieve “true good” for the whole of mankind.