How did they understand the original sin of Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard and why did he fix so close a glance of two great thinkers of the nineteenth century? From this question the book of Leo Shestov "Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky" begins. Kierkegaard died early, at the age of 44, he was older than Dostoevsky for ten years, at which time the future classic of Russian literature was just beginning his literary career. Lev Shestov (Lev Isaakovich Shvartsman) was born January 31 in Kiev, in the family of a large manufacturer and merchant. He studied at the Faculty of Mathematics of Moscow University and the Faculty of Law of Kiev, who graduated with the title of candidate of law. Popularity and popularity brought him philosophical and literary works.