About the book: 1993 / K.N. Leontyev (1831–1891) was a poet-philosopher and more of a lyricist than a philosopher. It is in vain to demand from him fearless objectivism. Everything that he created that was valuable is closely connected with what happened - in his personal feelings, in his fate, as a fact of his real life. This is why Leontyev’s life and his letters are valuable to us. The letters published in this publication are the “author’s” narrative about life.