Alexander Afanasevich Potebnya (1835-1891), like most thinkers of the 19th century, left a deep mark in various areas of scientific knowledge: linguistics, mythology, folklore, literary criticism, art history, and all the problems that he dealt with acquired philosophical sound. This edition focuses on Potebni's works on the philosophical problems of language and myth, and an autobiographical letter by A.A. Potebni.