Issue #52

Abstract: This article examines the philosophical thought of Vladimir Bibikhin, a renowned translator of Heidegger and an original Russian thinker. The author focuses on Bibikhin’s key hermeneutic approach: the desire for an authentic understanding of the text without replacing it with reconstructions based on ideas alien to the original intent. This position, clearly manifested in his work on Wittgenstein, demands from the reader “utmost attention” and following the author’s thought. Rozin notes the inconsistency in Bibikhin’s implementation of this principle, demonstrating how, in his analyses of Heidegger or the concept of personality, the philosopher resorts to his own interpretations, distinct from the original. Thus, the article raises an important question about the balance between fidelity to the author’s meaning and the inevitability of reconstructive understanding in philosophical hermeneutics.