Lectures on "Philosophy as a way of survival for an intellectual" by V. Kaitoukov at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), present in a brief and accessible form the psycho-physiological theory of power developed by author and described in details in his treatises "Evolution of dictate" "Vices of virtue," Universal Ethics", "Essays" (see Examples demonstrate the universality of the theory and show how the demands of power hierarchs of China, Russia and the United States define the present and the future of the historical development of these countries. The lectures are addressed to all thinkers, and also to philosophers, historians, sociologists, psychologists, organizers of production, education, the arts and government.