Hryhorii Skovoroda: biographical narrative: Kyiv, Molod, 1984, 216 p.

In the biographical narrative Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ivan Drach, Serhii Krymskyi, and Myroslav Popovych present the figure of Hryhorii Skovoroda not merely in historical terms, but as the bearer of a particular mode of thought and existence. The text is structured around the concept of srodna pratsia, understood as the correspondence between a person's inner nature and their life's path. Biographical facts are interpreted as manifestations of this concept. The rejection of social institutions is read as a principled commitment to self-knowledge and independence. At the same time, freedom is understood primarily as an inner condition rather than an external circumstance of existence. Thus, Skovoroda's biography acquires the significance of a model in which philosophy emerges as a form of lived practice. The work represents an existentially oriented reading of his intellectual legacy.

Contents

Grain

Burning Heart

"Theater of Life"

Illuminated Meanings

Paths Lead to People

"My Mother, Malorossia"

In Search of Freedom

The World That Caught Him

The Man Who Was Caught by the World

"...I Almost Touch the Stars with My Head"

"Republic of Spirit"

A Time for Tears and a Time for Laughter

Hryhorii Skovoroda Belongs to the World

Dates of life and work of Hryhorii Savych Skovoroda