ON THE CORRELATION OF IDEAS OF HEGEL AND FICHTE IN THEIR INFLUENCE ON RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE
The article expresses the view that the influence of Hegel’s ideas on Russian philosophy, starting from the 30s-50s of 19 century, greatly exaggerated. Consideration of the genesis of the views of A. I. Herzen and M. A. Bakunin helps to see that Hegel’s ideas played a very small role in shaping the final worldview of each of their thinkers; at the same time, regarding these thinkers the great influence of the late religious and philosophical teachings of J. G. Fichte, his interpretation of “true Christianity” as a doctrine of the identity of God and man is demonstrated. It is shown that a comparison of the story of L. N. Tolstoy Master and Man and the dialectic of “slave” and “master” in Hegel’s philosophy have no foundation.