Alexander Sekatsky is a famous philosopher, laureate of the Andrei Bely Prize and a number of other literary and intellectual awards. Each of his new books is a notable event in the field of humanitarian thought in modern Russia. The essays presented by the author in “Reflections” are devoted to various topics: there are high examples of metaphysics, and reflections on the philosophy of history, there are cultural studies, travel notes and examples of philosophical analysis current everyday life. Despite their external diversity, all texts are distinguished by originality of thought and unusual formulation of the question, which makes reading them a kind of adventure with an unpredictable outcome.