#dostoevsky

The Hardest Limits Are the Ones We Discover Without God Almost every conversation about morality eventually reaches the same crossroads. Someone asks whether anything can truly be wrong if there is no

Brief context. To fully understand what I mean in the title of this post, we first need to understand the origins of our most basic behavior. Do we choose to be good, or do we simply force ourselves to

Quick context. To even begin unpacking the question in the title, you have to go back to something basic but uncomfortable. Why do we behave the way we do? Do we choose to be good, or are we just following

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Book Review 📚

Exploring existentialism and fleeting love through The Stranger by Camus & White Nights by Dostoevsky.

Hello everyone, I want to share my impressions of reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot. The novel tells the story of a young man with a severe mental illness. After treatment in Switzerland, the

Is evildoing the most intelligent solution for the situation of every godless person?

Going to do a series of shorter reflections on aphorisms for a while so that I can focus on other writing, once I get back into a schedule I'll be doing more. Until mid-week next week I'm going to be doing

Hi there, I'm a silly, italian newbie. Trying to understand how it works, I'll just tell you something about the weather. As a stupid person, I can't remember past years, past seasons, and I can't notice

This book has a profound negative energy that captures my attention. It reminds me of some of my favorite nihilistic music like Daughters (the grindcore/industrial band) and Death Grips. Russian literature

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people #fear most #FyodorDostoevsky

One must really be a great man to be able to make a stand even against common sense #FyodorDostoevsky

Some days ago I finished this novel, Notes from the Underground by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky (1864). An interesting book and a funny one if you read it with an open mind. According to the professor

Oh el amor. De veras no es una cosa si no demasiadas. Por alguna razón tengo la costumbre de leer varios libros al mismo tiempo, no puedo solo quedarme con uno, y me termino empezando otro mientras tengo

Russian philosopher Nikolai Lossky examines Dostoevsky’s relation to the state in the context of Russian culture and Orthodox faith This article originally appeared on a new site about the Christian

St. Petersburg has many symbolic names. It is called the Northern Venice, for the abundance of rivers and canals. Northern Palmira, for its unique beauty. Northern capital, as for more than 200 years,

Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is a tale of many layers, and speaks directly to and from the human heart, calling out a warning to those who separate themselves from divinity, and the morality which

Title: Letter to My Sister - mercifully unsent, posted here instead.  Subject: A thorough investigation into my Chichory state of soul. Or my Willow moods. Or that streak of Vervain which when

One of my favorite Russian movies is Down House. This is fairly free retelling of Dostoevsky's novel "Idiot" in a modern way. It is full of fantastic quotes, and maybe one day I will translate