Can one philosophize without becoming a philosopher? Nothing was more repugnant to Lev Shestov than the self-imprisonment of thought in rigidly defined conceptual frameworks—precisely that kind of thinking which traditionally elevates one to the status of a philosopher. "Why come to a conclusion? What is the purpose of a final word? What is the point of a worldview?" he asks in his apotheosis of groundlessness, embarking on a perspective that is as open to contradiction as it is subjective, contrary to all scientific conventions. As a sarcastic master of "learned ignorance," Shestov playfully whirls through a masquerade of intellectual history. Not philosophy, but a way of philosophizing beyond systematic pathways. But beware: Only for those who are not prone to dizziness.