Anthropology of homo faber by P. Florensky

In the article deconstruction of two texts ("Homo faber" and "Continuation our Feelings") from second part collection "At Watersheds Thought" (1917-22) by P.A. Florensky their historical philosophical analysis are made. It is shown that Florensky's late anthropology begins with criticism inability classical science knowledge XVII-XIX centuries to work productively antinomic reality in its essence. The examines way builds a paradigmatic scientific concept man as homo faber. implicit ways transition his logic religious world engineering-evolutionary clarified. Both explicit sources intuitions analyzed. assessment figurative-conceptual complex "term-organ-tool" proposed him also given, on basis which he manages conceived anthropological reduction phenomenon activist model