Skovoroda. A person begins from within themselves

Today, on the birthday of Hryhorii Skovoroda, we share a summary of a lecture by Rostyslav Semkiv — writer, literary scholar, and cultural expert — which he delivered to the Presidents’ MBA group as part of the program's Humanities Days. In his lecture, Mr. Semkiv invited participants to look at Hryhorii Skovoroda through several important lenses: as a thinker who lived within an empire but did not ideologically belong to it; who consistently developed ideas about the birth of inner freedom and the return to oneself. The discussion also touched on the concept of wandering as a form of philosophizing, as well as the relevance of Skovoroda’s thought in today’s world.