This publication launches the new critical edition of Léon Chestov’s Complete Works, a project that has been entrusted to Ramona Fotiade as the president of the Sociéte d’Etudes Léon Chestov (www.shestov.arts.gla.ac.uk) by the Paris-based publisher, Le Bruit du Temps in recognition of the international reputation of the research and publications associated with this learned society