Вл.С. Соловьёв: русский язык как язык Империи

Философические письма. Русско-европейский диалог. 2019. Т. 2. № 4. С. 178–187.

Besschetnova E.

The object of the study is the view of V. S. Solovyov on the nature and task of

language. The main attention is paid to the process of creating philosopher’s

own metaphysics of language in the context of its main philosophical brand — the

concept of all-unity. Philosopher considered the testimony of common sense as

the main task of the language. Such common sense according to the philosopher

is already given. In addition, language is a natural ability of person, it cannot be

artificially created, language is a divine gift, the purpose of which is to transform

the space surrounding us. Answering the question about the nature of language

Solovyov thought universally. He considered the diversity of languages as a nec-

essary condition of harmony, implying that the basis of any word formation and

actual use of words has a common root, so even in the situation of diversity of

languages there is unity and solidarity. The article notes that according to the

philosopher, the Russian language is the language of the Empire, stressing that

even in the field of language, Russia should follow its historical task and promote

universal unity.

Keywords: theory of language, Christian Unity, Христианское единство, метафизика языка