Philosophy of freedom

Myroslav Volodymyrovych Popovych (1930–2018) is a well-known Ukrainian philosopher, thinker and humanist, one who received the status of one of the nation's moral authorities during his lifetime. In 1953 he graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Kyiv University. T. Shevchenko. He worked as a high school principal in the village. Golden Stream of Ternopil region. In 1956 Myroslav Popovych entered the graduate school of the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and from then until the last days of his life he remained its employee. Since 2001 - Director of the Institute of Philosophy. G. Frying pans of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Corresponding Member (1992), Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2003), Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2000), Laureate of the National Prize. T. Shevchenko (2001), Honorary Doctor of Science, Kyiv National University. T. Shevchenko and other universities of the country. Myroslav Popovych's book The Bloody Age was published by Folio Publishing House in 2015.

The Philosophy of Freedom contains works little known to the general public, written by Myroslav Popovych and published in different years, in different editions and countries. . It is obviously unique in the variety of topics, temporal dimension and the fact that the articles were selected by Myroslav Volodymyrovych himself - in the last months of his life. The works included in this edition allow us to see the objects of the author's research from different angles, give us the opportunity to visit the philosopher's studio. And this applies not only to historical events and portraits of important personalities for Ukraine, but also to the interpretation of the events of the history of science in their rational and philosophical reproduction. The scientist seeks to comprehend the events that are happening before his eyes, comparing them with world experience of development and looking for their roots in the historical sources of the Ukrainian people, in the peculiarities of the Ukrainian mentality. He uses the experience of developing logical and methodological problems of science. The book "Philosophy of Freedom" is a search for truth at the crossroads of national and world ways of culture and science, which we inherited a wise and enlightened man - Myroslav Popovych.