V.S. Solovievs philosophy and aesthetics in Shmelevs creative world

Ivan Shmelevs interest to Vladimir Solovievs philosophy is considered. Ideas of the philosopher such as Eternal feminity, worlds justification in the phenomenon, and predetermination were most highly revealed in the story «Inexhaustible Bowl» («Neupivaemaja Chasha») as well as in the novel «Heaven Ways» («Puti Nebesnye»). Non-church mysticism and aesthetics of symbolism are present both in semantic and in verbal sphere of his creation.