About the book: 2008 / Alexander Lvovich Dobrokhotov (born in 1950) – Doctor of Philosophy. Sciences, Professor, Head. Department of History and Theory of World Culture, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University. Field of scientific research: history of metaphysics; philosophy of culture. Main publications: “The Doctrine of the Pre-Socratics about Being” (M., 1980), “The Category of Being in Classical Western European Philosophy” (M., 1986), “Dante” (M.., 1990).