“Philosophical dialogues” by Immanuel Kant and Leo Tolstoy and the Experience of Reflecting Them with the help of Expositional Means

In April 2024, the 300th anniversary of I. Kant was celebrated. The State Museum of L. N. Tolstoy has opened two exhibitions in connection with the anniversary date. The exhibition "Reason, morality, freedom. Immanuel Kant and Leo Tolstoy" was organized jointly with the Kaliningrad Historical and Art Museum. The exhibition "I. Kant and L. Tolstoy: Philosophical Dialogues" was opened at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The presentation of philosophical issues with the help of expositional means was carried out thanks to quotations from the works of Kant and Tolstoy, artistic images symbolizing the main sections of the exhibition, illustrations to Tolstoy's works, manuscripts of the writer, books and articles. The first section of the exhibition "The Starry Sky and the Moral Law" is devoted to the ethical views of Kant and Tolstoy, who are presented as two travelers walking from different directions towards the same goal. The second section "On eternal Peace" reveals the socio-political issues in the work of thinkers. The symbol of the section is a door with the inscription "To eternal peace" in German. The third section "Reason and Faith" is devoted to the religious views of Kant and Tolstoy, their understanding of reasonable faith. The fourth section reflects the statements of the Russian writer about the German philosopher, as well as quotes from Kant's writings that attracted Tolstoy's attention. The content of the exhibitions highlights the deep inner kinship between Kant's philosophy and Tolstoy's worldview.

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