Questions about Aristotle: Investigators interested in translations of philosophical texts

Searches were conducted at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences in connection with a case involving the translation of works Aristotle. The employees are suspected of embezzling funds allocated for this purpose from the state budget.

How to сообщают According to sources at T-Invariant, after the search, investigators seized documents and took 10 people in for questioning. Among them was an 87-year-old academician. Abdusalam GuseinovMost were released on bail, and the ancient philosophy researcher Svetlana Mesyats, who led the project to prepare the complete works of Aristotle, has been placed under house arrest.

Editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta. Europe Kirill Martynov пишетthat the criminal case was opened after a denunciation Anatoly Chernyaev, who had previously failed to head the Institute of Philosophy. Five years ago, the institute's staff disagreed with the Ministry of Education and Science's decision to appoint Chernyaev as its head. Following this, Abdusalam Guseinov was reinstated as head.

Pro-government media and Z-activists called The Institute of Philosophy is a “center for the destruction of Russia” and its employees are accused of not supporting the “SVO”.

According to the Telegram channel “PhilosophyToday”, the reason for initiating a criminal case could become error in reporting on a government assignment.

Aristotle himself, incidentally, considered denunciation to be one of the methods by which a tyrant maintains his power. According to the philosopher, it helps pit citizens against each other, preventing them from uniting.

"Tyranny can only fall when some citizens trust each other. Therefore, tyrants are the enemies of decent people, as they are a danger to their power."