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Hryhorii Skovoroda

1722–1794 · 18th century · Also known as Grigory Skovoroda

Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722–1794) was a Ukrainian philosopher, poet and teacher, educated at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. After teaching at the Kharkiv Collegium he spent his last decades as a wandering thinker in Sloboda Ukraine, writing philosophical dialogues, fables and the verse collection Garden of Divine Songs on self-knowledge and work suited to one's nature. He is regarded as a founding figure of Ukrainian philosophy.

Hryhorii Skovoroda
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Sloboda Ukraine

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