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Pyotr Chaadayev
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Russian philosopher (1794-1856)
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Quotes
- “Nous sommes du nombre de ces nations qui ne semblent pas faire partie intégrante du genre humain mais qui n’existent que pour donner quelque grande leçon au monde.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Pyotr Yakovlevich Chaadayev , ( 1794-06-07 ) June 7, 1794, Moscow , Russian Empire
- Died
- April 26, 1856 (1856-04-26) (aged 61), Moscow, Russian Empire
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite (1812), Order of Saint Anna , 4th class (1812), Kulm Cross (1812)
- Education
- Imperial Moscow University
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Russian philosophy
- School
- Christian philosophy
- Main interests
- Philosophy
- Notable works
- Les lettres philosophiques (1836)
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Described at
Biografia de Piotr Yákovlevich Chaadáiev
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- date of death
- 1856-04-14
- date of birth
- 1794-05-27
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Pyotr or Petr Yakovlevich Chaadayev (Russian: Пётр Я́ковлевич Чаада́ев; also spelled Chaadaev; 7 June [27 May O.S.] 1794 – 26 April [14 April O.S.] 1856) was a Russian philosopher. He was one of the Russian Schellingians.
Chaadayev was born in Moscow into a wealthy noble family. He interrupted his education to join the military and served with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars. Chaadayev wrote eight "Philosophical Letters" about Russia in French between 1826 and 1831, which circulated among intellectuals in Russia in manuscript form for many years. They comprise an indictment of Russian culture for its laggard role far behind the leaders of Western civilization. He cast doubt on the greatness of the Russian past, and ridiculed Orthodoxy for failing to provide a sound spiritual basis for the Russian mind. He extolled the achievements of Europe, especially in rational and logical thought, its progressive spirit, its leadership in science, and its leadership on the path to freedom.