On the Introduction to Philosophy In Literaturno-naukovyi vistnyk, vol. 71, 1918, pp. 46-57.

In the article, Mykhailo Rudnytskyi reflects on the possibilities of creating a text that would be acceptable for an introduction to philosophy. The author formulates a paradox: on the one hand, a philosopher who undertakes to write an introduction to philosophy tries to reject his own self in this text; on the other hand, the reader of the introduction expects the author to solve philosophical problems and provide clear, decisive definitions. The philosopher is forced to assert that philosophy itself leaves more questions than answers. Rudnytskyi discusses the correlation between the roles of a great philosopher and a professor of philosophy, noting the tragic aspect of the philosopher's fate, who has to express great thoughts in a simple form. The author notes that a professor of philosophy, in pursuit of the goal of criticising all other philosophical systems, suppresses his own self. Rudnytskyi concludes that an introduction to philosophy should contain a confession about one's own philosophical search for ideas and reflect the personality of the author.

Kateryna Skrypnyk