Biography as the personifi cation of the culture of the epoch (symptoms of methodology)
The article is a philosophical essay that addresses the issues of various approaches to the coverage of biography in teaching. The author identifi es some methodological principles used in the preparation of biographical descriptions. On the example of the works of A. F. Losev, V. F. Asmus, F. H. Cassidy, V. V. Sokolov, A. N. Chanyshev, N. V. Motroshilova, P. P. Gaidenko, etc. the standard features of biography as a scientifi c work are formulated, designed to adequately assess the uniqueness of the gift of the outstanding personality being studied, to formulate universal values, to promote a deeper immersion of students in the culture of the modern hero of the narrative of the era