The Philosophy of the Common Task (Vol. 2) - 2026 Translation (The Philosophy of the Common Task - The Complete Works of Nikolai Fyodorov (Federov)) Kindle Edition

Nikolai Fyodorov (1829-1903) spent most of his life as a Moscow librarian, living in voluntary poverty while developing one of the most unusual philosophical systems in Russian thought. His collected writings, assembled and published after his death, argue that humanity has a single overriding duty: to defeat death itself and physically restore every person who has ever lived.For Fyodorov, all of science, religion, and social organization should converge on this goal. He regarded warfare, famine, and ecological destruction not as inevitable facts of life, but as consequences of misdirected energy that could instead be turned toward mastering nature and reversing mortality. His ideas influenced Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and the early Soviet space program.This second and final volume in the series presents a 2026 translation from the original Russian into English, offering contemporary readers renewed access to Fyodorov's singular vision. Read more