A. F. Losev - Holy Scripture and Neoplatonism
The article is devoted to the Philosophy of name of outstanding Russian philosopher A. F. Losev. The problem of name, of word goes through all the works of this author. It can be said with sufficient certainty that the impetus for this integral interest was the Name Worshipping disputes. In his philosophy of the name Losev aims to give a deep, systematically developed, the rationale for Name Worshippers position. The basis for development of this conception was for Losev the philosophy of Neoplatonism, and he himself repeatedly says about it. This article attempts to highlight some of the conceptual moments in the Losev’s philosophy of name, and to determine whether the philosophical “skeleton” proposed by Losev is a true expression of Orthodox spiritual experience and theology, and how important was the influence of Neoplatonism on the significant moments of his conception.