S. N. Trubetskoy

Prince Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy was a Russian religious philosopher, born on August 4, 1862, and passing away on September 23, 1905. He was the son of Prince Nikolai Petrovitch Trubetskoy and Sophia Alekseievna Lopouchina. Alongside his brother, Evgenii Nikolaevitch Troubetzkoy, he continued Vladimir Solovyov's work in developing a modern Christian philosophy. Trubetskoy served as a professor of philosophy at Moscow University and was a founding member of the discussion circle 'Beseda'. His early philosophical influences included Herbert Spencer, John Stuart Mill, and Schopenhauer, before he embraced Orthodox Christianity and became an adherent of the Slavophiles. He graduated from Moscow University in 1885 and became Professor of Philosophy in 1890. Trubetskoy was a significant figure in the Russian liberal movement. He died of a brain hemorrhage shortly after being elected rector of Moscow University in 1905.