ABSTRACT
A philosophic tradition became established in the Theological Academies of both Kiev and Moscow which was essentially very close to that of medieval philosophy in Western Europe. Orthodox dogmatics and patristic literature defined the fundamental limits and paths of reflection; on the other hand, the rich philosophic literature of Western Europe permitted a selection among various philosophic tendencies in constructing a Christian philosophy. This chapter discusses the biography of the following philosopher: F. A. Golubinski, F. F. Sidonski, I. M. Skvortsov, V. N. Karpov, Avsenev, S. S. Gogotski, and I. D. Yurkevigh. Among them the chapter mainly focuses on the biography of F. A. Golubinski. Fyodor Aleksandrovich Golubinski was the son of a Kostroma sacristan who later became a priest. In 1827 Golubinski, who upon graduating from the Academy had become a teacher of philosophy there, married, and in 1828 became a priest. Golubinski categorically defends epistemological realism and decisively repudiates epistemological idealism.
