Nikolay Strakhov and his followers: hermeneutical framework of communication

The article deals with the study of creative relationship between Nikolay Strakhov, Vasily Rozanov and Yury Govorukha-Otrok as typical representatives of two generations of Russian philosophers. The author analyzes the hermeneutical framework and its limits in the dialogue of a teacher with his students. The combination of the principles of freedom and responsibility in the transfer of the tradition of philosophical critical thinking and "natural criticism" in the literature is shown in a number of cases.