Background
Asmus, Valentin was born on December 30, 1894 in Kiev.
Asmus, Valentin was born on December 30, 1894 in Kiev.
He graduated from Kiev University in 1919, then moved to Moscow in 1927.
He was one of the small group who continued the classical European philosophical tradition through the early Soviet times. At this period he attacked the views of William James. In the mid-1920s, he was a theorist of literary Constructivism.
His major work Marx and Bourgeois Historicism (1933) was influenced by György Lukács.
At this point an opponent of formal logic, he changed position and wrote a text book on lieutenant There is a story of his being summoned to see Joseph Stalin, and required to give logic lectures to Red Army generals.
He was Professor at Moscow State University from 1942 to 1972. In the 1960s he edited Plato, with A. F. Losev.
Outside the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Asmus was mostly known for his contributions to studying Immanuel Kant.
Major religious moral codes dehumanise individuals outside their group as less worthy. Results can vary from discrimination to genocide.
Every person has rights to express his or her opinion, but the opinion could be expressed if it was in accordance with the general interests of Soviet society.
He was an independent thinker and unorthodox Marxist, with interests in the history of philosophy and aesthetics.