ARISTOTLE’S WORKS «DE ANIMALIBUS» IN RUSSIAN CULTURE (XVIII–XIX cc.)

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of Aristotle’s heritage reception in Russian culture XVIII–XIX cc., especially to the problem of “De Animalibus” works’ reception. The research is based on the study of scientific, philosophical, fiction and social and political essays texts of the Russian authors in the men-tioned period, which contains some references to Ancient works. As a result we made a conclusion on the role of Aristotle’s works in Russian culture.