About the book: year / The work of the outstanding Soviet scientist A.F. Losev (1893-1988) is the final, eighth volume of the multi-volume monograph "The History of Ancient Aesthetics". The transition from ancient to medieval aesthetics is traced here. The thousand-year path of Greco-Roman aesthetics is presented in the main principles (myth, logos, matter, idea, unity, mind, soul) and categories (harmony, rhythm, number, imitation, beauty, etc.), on the basis of which an impressive picture emerges aesthetic exploration of the world and antiquity. The doctrine of the structural elements of consciousness in nature, art and man is especially presented, the interaction of space, chaos and fate is revealed, the understanding of life as a dramatic game and myth.