Consciousness and Dostoevsky
Long hiatus. . . now, if only i had something exciting to share. still in the throes of finals and papers. . . .
I did finish The Brothers Karamazov, a wondreful read. I don't know if this is Dostoevsky at his strongest, but he reaches so high in this novel, exploring every facet of the human experience, leaving no stone unturned in his quest for truth? Perhaps. He examines the human capacity for reason, love, hate, jealousy and compassion--from the vantage point of man's inner pscyhe. This is a story that examines universal truths as they are played out and manifest in the individual--it's a story about the dual forces that compete for sovereignty over man's soul and the mental anguish imposed by human consciousness.
Better thoughts later. .
I did finish The Brothers Karamazov, a wondreful read. I don't know if this is Dostoevsky at his strongest, but he reaches so high in this novel, exploring every facet of the human experience, leaving no stone unturned in his quest for truth? Perhaps. He examines the human capacity for reason, love, hate, jealousy and compassion--from the vantage point of man's inner pscyhe. This is a story that examines universal truths as they are played out and manifest in the individual--it's a story about the dual forces that compete for sovereignty over man's soul and the mental anguish imposed by human consciousness.
Better thoughts later. .
posted by shoshana at 9:39 PM
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"Gentlemen, we're all cruel, we're all monsters, we all make men weep, and mothers, and babes at the breast, but of all, let it be settled here, now, of all that I am the lowest reptile! I've sworn to amend, and every day I've done the same filthy things. I understand now that such men as I need a blow, a blow of destiny to catch them as with a noose, and bind them by a force from without. Never, never should I have risen of myself! but the thunderbolt has fallen. I accept the torture of accusation, and my public shame; I want to suffer and by suffering I shall be purified. Perhaps I shall be purified, gentlemen?"
Perhaps this is why Turgenev called Dostoevsky: "...the nastiest Christian I've ever met"
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