This volume is dedicated to an outstanding thinker, a representative of the Russian philosophical tradition of the first half of the 20th century - Sergei Iosifovich Gessen (1887–1950), whose philosophical, pedagogical, literary-critical, political ideas are of increasing interest today both in Russia and abroad. abroad. The volume contains articles by contemporary philosophers, cultural scientists, teachers, and literary scholars, in which the intellectual heritage of Hesse is updated. A number of articles are devoted to his personality and fate, which expresses all the tragic events of the first half of the twentieth century. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in philosophy, pedagogy, scientific relations between Russia and Germany before the outbreak of the First World War, as well as the history of literary and publishing endeavors in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. The publishing layout is preserved in PDF A4 format.