Igor M. Diakonoff's “Kirkenes Ethics”: The Moral Credo of a Great Scholar
During the seven years that I worked at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Leningrad Branch, 1965–1972) I was happy to be associated with an outstanding senior colleague, a wonderful scholar, and an even more wonderful person Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff, a world famous scholar in many areas of histo...
| Published in: | Harvard Theological Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2010
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0017816011000083 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0017816011000083 |
| Summary: | During the seven years that I worked at the Institute of Oriental Studies (Leningrad Branch, 1965–1972) I was happy to be associated with an outstanding senior colleague, a wonderful scholar, and an even more wonderful person Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff, a world famous scholar in many areas of history, philology, and linguistics. In this essay it is not his professional activity that interests me but rather his moral attitude as expressed in his short meditation on ethics. |
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