* * * Inspired philosopher and literary critic

When, about six decades ago, several literary excerpts appeared in a school periodical under the pseudonym Pavlusha, no one suspected that these were the first steps of an exceptionally gifted creative individuality, who would later manifest himself with an astonishing breadth of interests in various fields of human knowledge, with boundless dedication to great social and cultural ideals. And here today, the former Pavlusha crosses the threshold of the last quarter of a century with graying but youthfully lush hair, with a furrowed but serene and spiritualized face, with eyes shining with flame, hunched over by the burden of that enormous scientific and cultural heritage that foretells us, a heritage accumulated over decades, filling his entire existence with meaning and content. What a harmonious combination between the public figure and the thinker, between the man and the scientist! What an intense spiritual life, an epic life, filled with great trials and ceaseless quests, with penetrating reflections and creative daring! Today, the rich and versatile work of Todor Pavlov stands out brightly against the background of world Marxist thought, increasingly permanently holding and will hold the attention of contemporary and future generations, of all those burned by the flame to become related to the laws of social and cultural development, to penetrate the primordial essence of social and natural phenomena.