The genre of selected works is risky. Works written in different years, under different specific historical situations, at different ages, as a rule, are difficult to combine into a single book, both due to the variety of topics and because of the evolution of the views of the author himself. But, as the reader will see, these works are united into one book not just by the name of the author, but by the general tone of all works, both previously published and published for the first time. You should not look for hidden logic in the order of presentation. Articles, regardless of whether philosophical, pedagogical, literary, etc., are about the same thing: about the existence of man and about his soul - about the anxieties and problems of life and knowledge, as well as about undying hopes for a better future .