Abstract

The paper’s focus is on three main issues: it examines the influences of the external, mainly political turbulences on the conception and publishing of ten volumes of Anthology of Philosophers’ Works , paying attention especially to anomalies accompanying its accomplishment; on wider philosophical background on which this project has been carried out, such as the formation of the generation of Slovak historians of philosophy, creating the Slovak philosophical terminology, Anthology as a propagator of philosophical pluralism, problems concerning translations etc.; on inspiring and long-lasting effect of Anthology on the development of Slovak philosophy, on teaching philosophy at universities, but also on the Slovak culture in general