2408-932XResearch Result. Social Studies and Humanities2408-932X10.18413/2408-932X-2021-7-1-0-22291RESEARCHES<strong>The meaning of life in the conversations of P.&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Florensky with children (based on the materials of correspondence)</strong><strong>The meaning of life in the conversations of P.&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Florensky with children (based on the materials of correspondence)</strong>BurgessJohn Paul -BurgessJohn Paul -jburgess@pts.eduPittsburgh Theological Seminary20217100

The article is devoted to the problem of defining and transmitting ideas about the meaning of life in the epistolary heritage of philosopher and priest Pavel Florensky. What does his family and family mean to a person? What should children be taught to make their lives meaningful? Where do ideas about truth, goodness, and beauty come from? Following the thought of Pavel Florensky, the author formulates answers to these eternal questions.

The article is devoted to the problem of defining and transmitting ideas about the meaning of life in the epistolary heritage of philosopher and priest Pavel Florensky. What does his family and family mean to a person? What should children be taught to make their lives meaningful? Where do ideas about truth, goodness, and beauty come from? Following the thought of Pavel Florensky, the author formulates answers to these eternal questions.

Pavel A. Florenskythe meaning of lifenaturegendercultural heritagePavel A. Florenskythe meaning of lifenaturegendercultural heritageСписок литературыSoursesFlorensky,&nbsp;P.A. (2004), Vse dumy &ndash; o vas. Pis&rsquo;ma semie iz lagerey i tyurem, 1933-1937 godov [All thoughts are about you. Letters to the family from the camps and prisons, 1933-1937], Satis, Derzhava, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (in Russ.).&nbsp;ReferencesFlorensky,&nbsp;P.&nbsp;A. (2017), Stolp i utverzhdenie istiny. Opyt pravoslavnoy teoditsei v dvenadtsati pis&rsquo;makh [The pillar and ground of the truth. The experience of the Orthodox theodicy in twelve letters], Akademichesky proekt, Moscow, Russia (in Russ.).Florensky, P. (1992), Detyam moim. Vospominaniya proshlykh dney. Genealogicheskie issledovaniya. Iz solovetskikh pisem. Zaveschanie [To my children. Memories of past days. Genealogical research. From the Solovetsky letters. The will], in abbot Andronik (Trubachev) (ed.), Moskovskiy rabochiy, Moscow, Russia (in Russ.).Rozanov,&nbsp;V.&nbsp;V. (2010), Sobranie sochineniy. Tom 29. Literaturnie izgnanniki. Kniga 2 [Collected works. Vol.&nbsp;29. Literary Exiles. The second book], in Nikolyukin,&nbsp;A.&nbsp;N. (ed.), Respublika, Rostok, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (in Russ.).