Theocharis Kessidi: Scientist and Man

Abstract

The article considers the theoretical views of F. Kessidi, the eminent contemporary scholar of Greek philosophy. Special attention is paid to his conceptions of the transition from myth to logos and the sources of the «theoretical» attitude to the world. The author puts across the idea that F. Kessidi’s philosophical views were based on his life experience and reasoning about the destinies of the Pontic Greeks and peoples of the Caucasus.