Dostoyevsky

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Yeah, we're all inflated in that way, it's our Fisher King wound - Where we live for the I and ego instead for you, us and them; that is living for a higher value than us, family, love, god, you name it. But there's a coffin for that internal change.

[@TheSpoovy]

I know what you mean. He described aspects of my own personality that I thought I'd hidden, even from myself. Now I feel like everyone can see them!

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

@@gabrielorville5334What you wrote nailed it! I've formally studied the Bible and been a vocational ministry for 30 years. With all my experience and knowledge I still struggle with treating others like I want to be treated.

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

@@TheSpoovy yes he reminds us of evils we've hidden from ourselves in the hopes we use it to love people As a young monk Martin Luther's priest told him to stop coming to confession so much with so many sins. Later he discovered grace in the Bible and the rest is history.

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LOL But don't cry, please.

[@shampoo768]

Dostoyevsky is my favorite writer because he understood behavioral psychology before it was an applied science.

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Great comment.

[@ChrisWRR]

Crime and Punishment is my favorite book, and hearing someone with the intellect of Professor Sugrue break this down is incredibly helpful. I am a butcher by trade, 40 years old now, never went to university, and I find these lectures to be extremely accessible and incredibly thought provoking. Thank you for these videos.

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He died? That’s damn sad man

[@steivshore4844]

"What shall he profit, if his injustice be undetected and unpunished? He who is undetected only gets worse, whereas he who is detected and punished has the brutal part of his nature silenced and humanized; the gentler element in him is liberated, and his whole soul is perfected and ennobled by the acquirement of justice and temperance and wisdom, more than the body ever is by receiving gifts of beauty, strength and health, in proportion as the soul is more honourable than the body " - from The Republic by the one and only. Dostoevsky took this lesson and turned it into a best seller. There could have not been any other ending to Crime and Punishment

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I wish every philosophy class included Dostoevsky in their curriculum

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[@Laocoon283]

I read Edgar Allen Poes The Tell Tale Heart right around the same time that I read Crime and Punishment just coincidentally and the scene where Svidragilov was sitting in Raskolnikov's room in the dark was so reminiscent of the scene where the crazy man from Poes story was opening the door to the guys room and just standing there in complete silence that I wondered if Dostoevsky was inspired by it so I did a little research and it turns out that Dostoevsky wrote the forward to the very first russian translation of Poe's stories.

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I actually thought about Edgar Allen Poe

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[@DionysusAlexanderChrist]

Dostoyevsky taught me as a teen that revolution is exhausting, I really enjoyed this presentation. He is definitely my favorite author of fiction,his works are superb.

[@winniethuo9736]

Is it fiction or reality suppressed by the will to civilization. I grew in the woods of Africa, not much education at least not enough to give me the world view at large so Doystoyevski's world that formulated his perception of his world would have been alien to me yet our common denominator, humanity made me understand him and see the dark humour, the compassion, the struggles of being etcetra in his work.

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thank you for continuing to release these great lectures!

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Thanks for sharing another great video.

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Fantastic both the lectures old and new!

[@msnbmnt]

I discovered your old video lectures during the beginnings of CoVID and were very stimulating. So glad to see you here on KZbin and love seeing the joy in your eyes when you discuss this novel and the philosophical content in it. Thank you.

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I cant wait for the next one. its amazing to watch how time has settled your ideas. Thank you.

[@Shaggerton]

Thank you for the content now and throughout the years Professor!

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My sincere gratitude for the wonderful lecture.

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Thank you for such insightful videos. Really appreciate it.

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Thanks so much for continuing your lectures.

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Keep doing what you’re doing. Love your old stuff and love the new stuff even more. Best lectures around

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What a joy to see you making videos like this Michael, I very much enjoy your lectures so I look forward to delving into your current discourses! 🙏

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Thank you for all of your lectures. All amazing.

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Thank you, Michael!

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Please continue making these! Your descriptions and analysis are better than any of the extracurricular classes I took in undergrad! : ) Thank you for you time.

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Another fantastic lecture. Thank you, Dr. Sugrue!

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This is an excellent overview of a big narrative. Not easy to pull off in 40 minutes, so thank you for doing this.

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Like sand in a sieve

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@@Laocoon283 it's infuriating. To possess all the knowledge one comes across would be wonderful

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That was a fantastic lecture, thank you. I have so much to say that I may go off for a walk and gather my thoughts.

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thank you again for all of your hard work, insight, and speculation, Professor.

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Christmas came early this year! Much love to you Dr Sugrue!

[@thomasnicolle8339]

Great analysis, just finished reading it and this cleared up so many things for me

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Thank you Mr Sugrue! I came across your videos a few years ago and have since found a new passion for philosophy.

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I have read the book but thoroughly enjoyed your story telling style. Wonderful.

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This has been eye opening. My understandings of the reading was fine. But your’s was the finishing touch I needed. Insightful, thank you 🙏

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Slowly working my way through Michael’s lectures and these talks and look forward to them every day. Apart from his astonishing erudition and understanding, his delivery and turn of phrase are often very, very, funny. Thank you🙏

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thank you sir for what you are doing.

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You are a great teacher. Truly.

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I appreciate you two.

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this dude is amazing. grateful for people like you

[@rosierose111]

Thank you for shedding light on this very convoluted book, which I am enjoying…although it has been somewhat difficult to read…you have clarified a lot for me…& certainly I have no intention of putting the book down…I truly needed your summation 🙏🏼😘

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Thank you Dr. Sugrue and Genevieve (assuming that’s who’s helping the old man figure out the internet). Hope you have a wonderful holidays, you both have provided many gifts to the world through these videos!

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You are best lecturer/intellectual ive ever been exposed to! Thank you for your contribution to our enlightenment!

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love these videos. Professor brings the light

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Philosophy is beautiful and you are a wonderful teacher. Thank you, professor Sugrue and Genevieve!

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Luv your classes michael, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I'm from brazil and I use your classes to learn english and philosophy at the same time. Thank you

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I want to thank you again sir for bringing us great lectures

[@funkrobert99]

I literally just finished this book today and was looking for a video essay on it - and by sheer coincidence my favourite lecturer has posted a video on it! Thank you

[@redreignss]

Great video! I'm gonna do a re read now!

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Good to see you back!

[@Hieuby_Dooby]

I've been waiting for some more Dostoyevsky content, thanks professor!

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Join the club

[@amanr6346]

Utterly brilliant video! I’m retraining as a psychotherapist and am watching all your wonderful videos, since they provide me with such depth of knowledge on aspects of philosophy and psychology that I am lacking. There’s a lot of content nowadays but there are only a few channels that really explain and distill the core concepts as well as yours Sir! Awesome stuff!!

[@isurcantu5560]

I love how the facial features have changed, the voice has changed the setting has changed, but the passion is still there, burning like hell, thank you for sharing professor Sugrue.

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I am very happy you do this.

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Thank you for these videos ^^

[@Knightcommander69]

I’ve read this book over 5 times. This is the best analysis I’ve ever seen. Genius level insight.

[@LetsFindOut1]

Merry Christmas, Professor and Genevieve. I've learned volumes from this channel.

[@cameliavaschi600]

Amazing, thank you so much!

[@hazelharris1090]

Thank you for sharing your insight

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love your work sir

[@cheri238]

Another great one I am listening to again, Dr. Sugre. I have been learning to write better on these tiny cellphones letters, which I don't particularly care for, since I am tech savey. I do love your videos and now the ones with Professor Staloff. Dostoevsky's novels I love and most Russian writers. Dysfunctional family, yes. Crime and Punishment Raskolonikov hits us right between the eyes. What characters so intriguing. Sonya, Porfiry, Svidrigailov, God, who would not want be atheist? Lol One begins to see hell on earth. Genius, Dostoevsky. Bravo. Soul transformation indeed.

[@schroedergustav5754]

Excellent analysis and summary of what is undeniably one of the great masterpieces of classic literature. Dostoyevsky was a genius and my favorite writer. God bless!

[@ayevaboo]

This is the first time that I watch your lecture and I can already tell I'm in the presence of a legend.

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Lucky

[@reef6826]

Ive been going through it slowly, after I finished part one I just had to sit with it for a couple weeks, never has fictional words made me feel so anxious and repulsed, it genuinely makes you feel like an accessory to murder, while also making you root for Raskolnikov. Definitely one of the greatest writers.

[@MG-ye1hu]

Great lecture, thank you!

[@dbarker7794]

Best discussion I've heard about this difficult book. Thank you.

[@amycraig3956]

Love this and love the timing! I am on my 2nd read through (first being sometime pre-covid, b.s). I just want to comment on the "old women" for those who haven't read this prize of literature. The "older sister" is in her early 40s and the younger in her late 20s 🙄. I think Raskolnikov's attitude about the older lady's age is worth considering in light of his essay "On Crime." So says this 56 y.o. lady 😝 keep up the great work, Michael!

[@ninahaines]

This was an awesome lecture! Thank you for posting! I read this over 50 years ago and it has inspired me to reread!

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Thank you !

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Can you do more talks on literature please? This is better than any other book review page. Could listen to you all day.

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Thank you so much professor. I can't say how much your old videos and now your new ones mean to this guy right here. Sending gratitude from Asbury Park, NJ.

[@patrickdavison2129]

Keep crushin', Mike. Thanks.

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There are geniuses then there is Dr Sugrue I’ve learned so much from his videos Thanks!

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You’re looking healthier with each passing video, Doc! I like that.

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I love you Mr. Sugrue. I wish I were more like you.

[@seanpowers8545]

Fantastic lecture! It’s great to see you making these videos. I watch your old lecture on Marcus Aurelius multiple times a year, and have been doing that for multiple years now. It brings me solace. I was ecstatic to discover your channel here on KZbin. Priceless educational content. Thank you for all you do.

[@r.k.5031]

All men die, but not all men die whining. Words to live by.

[@seanpowers8545]

@@r.k.5031 Absolutely! Good reference!

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Great video!

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Eagerly waiting for every video....

[@redraushan]

Thank you professor 👨‍🏫

[@lucasala2045]

Hi Professor and Genevieve, Thanks for the lectures! I can't begin to describe how much I have absorbed from watching your lectures, past and present. I started Crime & Punishment 2 weeks ago so the timing on this lecture is excellent! Would you be willing to do a lecture on Gabriel Marcel? I have read very little of him, but his ideas keep sticking with me and I would like to hear your take and/or a comprehensive view on him.

[@wadahadlan]

Yet another amazing analysis of another amazing great work of literature

[@jdzentrist8711]

Joseph Frank states early in volume one of his biography of Dostoevsky that "as a child, he never felt any separation between the sacred and the profane, between the ordinary and the miraculous..." Something like this apparently also characterized the youthful impressions of life of the young Heidegger. Dr. Sugrue's ability, in thirty-three minutes, to give us the very essence of this great world masterpiece is itself geniius.

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Enjoyed this Thank you

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Michael you look younger than in the old videos!! 😄Thanks for your awesome channel!!

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I need 1000 more videos from you. Please continue on

[@AjNotsri]

So I’ve read all of Nietzsche’s books most of Kirkegaards, even Turgenevs and have just begun The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. I’m not sure why I waited so long really but I’m glad I picked it up and I’m glad for the work you are doing here Professor. How would you reconcile Kirkegaards Knight of Faith (Abraham of Genesis) and Raskolonikovs or Nietzsche’s Ubermenshen

[@AhmedMustafa-wb5ll]

Thank you professor sugrue i am from sudan and i am glad that i have access to your lectures.

[@Craiglicious000]

Thank you for dedicating another vid to Dostoevsky.

[@lorenzotomescu5123]

I know Dr. Segrue did a podcast discussion for Brothers Karamazov but it would be nice to see it as a new KZbin lecture. Hard to compare the greatness of Doestoevsky’s novels but my favourites in terms of their overall aesthetic beauty are Crime and Punishment and Karamazov Brothers.

[@Swatta637]

Such a helpful intro into Dostoyevsky.

[@2Oldcoots]

Thanks!

[@robertlambden648]

I visited the Dostoyevsky museum in SPB. It's a great place to go.