Fyodor Dostoevsky - Timeless Philosophy of a Tormented Genius - Written by Eternalised

Fyodor Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.
Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.
Born in Moscow in 1821, Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age through fairy tales and legends, and through books by Russian and foreign authors. His mother died in 1837 when he was 15, and around the same time, he left school to enter the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. After graduating, he worked as an engineer and briefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extra money. In the mid-1840s he wrote his first novel, Poor Folk, which gained him entry into Saint Petersburg's literary circles. However, he was arrested in 1849 for belonging to a literary group, the Petrashevsky Circle, that discussed banned books critical of Tsarist Russia. Dostoevsky was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted at the last moment. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile. In the following years, Dostoevsky worked as a journalist, publishing and editing several magazines of his own and later A Writer's Diary, a collection of his writings. He began to travel around western Europe and developed a gambling addiction, which led to financial hardship. For a time, he had to beg for money, but he eventually became one of the most widely read and highly regarded Russian writers.
Dostoevsky's body of work consists of thirteen novels, three novellas, seventeen short stories, and numerous other works. His writings were widely read both within and beyond his native Russia and influenced an equally great number of later writers including Russians such as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Anton Chekhov, philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre, and the emergence of Existentialism and Freudianism. His books have been translated into more than 170 languages, and served as the inspiration for many films.
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[@Eternalised]

*“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”* - Fyodor Dostoevsky Your work never ceases to amaze me. I love working together with you. Well done!

[@byjamie-hillierrubis]

💖🙏💫

[@finesse4848]

Thank you ! ❤

[@NajeebMaraqa]

As a Russian literature fan and an Eternalised fan…I’m hyped🔥

[@BrianHallmond]

No wonder I'm miserable.

[@tyrfree5733]

But EVERY human will experience pain and suffering. It's part of life. The death of a loved one alone causes pain and suffering for most. So...yeah..don't agree.

[@VerveQuest72]

When I read Dosteveskys novels I was living on a sort of communal farm, in a tent, waking with the sun, working with crops and horses all day. At night I'd build a fire and relax with Feodor. I was in my mid thirties and had just before this gone through the worst trauma of my life. I was drawn to those days and read book after book almost addictively and didn't know why, but now decades later I'm sure it was the first step and an extremely long road to rebuilding myself to humanity. Dosteveskys works did what no self-help book could ever do

[@lazarus3956]

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” has to be one of the most mindblowing quotes I've ever come across in my live, but this genious wrote many more of them!

[@JLydecka]

No, its worse going through life being capable of love but never receiving it back from others. I've never experienced unconditional love. I've never experienced deep intimacy. It hurts really bad. Every time I try, I end up further solidifying my belief that love actually isnt real and its just an idea. I've only witnessed love on screens, never in reality.

[@justintime6242]

@@JLydeckaThere’s no such thing as unconditional love. Not one person on this earth will love you without conditions. You can give that to yourself though. Through daily meditations on self forgiveness and gratitude. Sounds easy but it’s not. Just start there.

[@andrewternet8370]

Even suffering is love

[@CJM6]

​@@JLydeckaJudgement is a rough act. Since we all are presented with a frailty within ourselves, we can rest assure, that everyone we deal with has that glitch. Once you realize that, it is much easier to enjoy and more importantly, be at peace within any relationship. Doesn't matter how long or how short it is. What is, is fully embracing it all as enough. It is the only thing that maintains the ability yo move forward and engage in it agsin. I know this, because I have lost many a loved one, to death. I no longer grieve incessantly, instead, I celebrate and are very grateful for the time I was able to share with them. I consider it more of a celebration of their life over their demise. Once you drop YOUR own conditions, you will not feel as you do. Be blessed.

[@ijazulhaq6602]

Ahh, Father Zossima.

[@AfterSkool]

Dostoevsky's writing is some of the deepest, most profound insight I've ever discovered. Thank you Eternalised for bringing these insights to life. Adding art to this presentation has been a great learning experience. I hope you all enjoy.

[@OccamsRazor393]

Love his work! Thankyou for posting this!

[@byjamie-hillierrubis]

Very much enjoyed and enlightened by this gem, thank you. ☘ 💖🙏💫

[@OrgusDin]

didn't read, didn't watch, commented anyway though

[@Jamis714]

Your channel is amazing. I’m a dumb pipefitter and I find it so educational and try to introduce this to people but not one person I’ve done so to was amazed as I. It’s an interesting thought process trying to decipher why that is exactly

[@AfterSkool]

@@Jamis714 Thank you for the kind words. I'm not sure why either.

[@omaraboal-azm8705]

" The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder " Fyodor Dostoevsky, Brothers Karamazov

[@DerekJFiedler]

Notes from the underground is a hard book to read that's impossible to put down. In the most reviling parts of the character you find a familiarity you wish to bury at once. It churns the muck of the soul and, if one gives himself to repentance, can bring about a deep soul cleansing.

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

Oh wow. You're so quirky and different and interesting.

[@whall2962]

I've always described his writing as wounding your heart to grow you soul.

[@DerekJFiedler]

@@whall2962 well said and so true

[@vikarawrxd]

@@buckaroobonzai2909 what an oddly hostile response. completely unnecessary

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

@@vikarawrxdLol get mad, beta.

[@chrispaul449]

Crime and punishment is still the best book that I've ever read. Thanks fydor

[@nba3927]

Same here and I loved his other books but crime and punishment was gold from start to finish

[@barking_mad6649]

The Grand Inquisitor section of The Brothers K is possibly my favourite piece of literature. ❤

[@user-vk9sx5zv9b]

Dostoevsky makes more and more sense the more you figure out for yourself in life.

[@nba3927]

So true

[@c.galindo9639]

A genius who figured out a lot about himself and the human connection to what is beyond our physically perceived reality. It really says a lot about his journey and experience with what he had to face to conclude his rational thoughts in explaining the cause of human suffering and why there is a constant threat of degradation amongst humanity and its societies as a whole. Truly a remarkable person who deserves high recognition and admiration towards his contributions with his life’s works

[@edhenry4719]

If I have your perspective in proper context I firmly believe 'the reason for our ... personal and societal decay' is because we are Born, given birth into a system of ever-changing competition and decay. It's more than a threat. I won't belabor it with examples. But everything secular is what? Turns to shit. The value Our Creator gives us to contend with this decay that keeps us living 'under the floor boards" is escape.

[@cptswann]

I had no idea that someone not only shared exactly but also left a record of his skillfully exploration of my inner turmoils, and he did it long before I was born. I am blown away how much I relate to everything that Dostoyevsky describes in the works quoted here. I'm excited to have a new author with such personally relatable content to consume. Goodness knows I probably wouldn't have found content like this authored in this century.

[@Earl_E_Burd]

He read my journal

[@Dapryor]

Crime and Punishment is something I think everyone should read. The culture is eerily similar to today and really does share some wisdom that many don’t understand.

[@whall2962]

It takes courage to read Dostoyevsky. He will show you things you never wanted to see, and teach you things you never wanted to know. You will never be able to look at the world the way you used to. This man introduced me to myself, and then to God.

[@Dapryor]

@@whall2962 damn, that’s a heavy comment but I think you’re right.

[@foxmiller]

… - proudly says the underground man.

[@Moldugas]

I’m an underground man. I didn’t know there was a term for it with such precise and accurate qualities. Thanks for the education. Been with y’all for years and this is one of the best KZbin channels ever to Grace us on this entire platforms history.

[@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq]

I completely agree. Very unexpected, but very much needed ❤

[@byronsmith1982]

Good evening fine gentlemen. Is this the underground men club?

[@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq]

@@byronsmith1982 seems like it. Welcome

[@OneSolo9]

Jesus made a way for our sins to be forgiven. Turn to Christ & Repent!

[@looper2586]

Maybe we should open a place to chat among underground men. Maybe we'd have something valuable to share.

[@wizardbeard69]

"If there is anything you should know about communism, it is this: No matter how noble your intentions are, no matter what you do, you will end up with tyranny." - Dostoyevsky

[@OrgusDin]

duh

[@deleted01]

If there's no God, the powerful imposes their arbitrary morality on the weak. If there is God, the powerful imposes their arbitrary god on the weak. The same result.

[@bigplant7901]

The core belief of communism is that group disparities are the result of oppression or exploitation. So naturally, communists use the existence of group disparities as evidence of oppression or exploitation. And any group disparities observed after exploiters and oppressors are subjugated just means that the communists need to do even more subjugating. This is the most impressive positive feedback loop of destruction ever dreamt up by man.

[@gruppler]

​@@deleted01If there is God, we are all pieces of the divine, with no need to follow the ideas of others or subjugate ourselves with false identities. Arbitrary gods are only ideas, but God is found only within, through direct experience.

[@Jake-fd1oj]

Capitalism too

[@MrSzeth]

“There is no satiation point for a spiritual longing by physical means” -Eternalised

[@OccamsRazor393]

Dostoevsky, Love all his work!! Notes From Underground is my favorite book. Thankyou for posting this afterskool.

[@_spacegoat_]

A perfect collab....two of the most profound and helpful channels on the internet. I hope there are more like this in the future.

[@gameon71]

This gave me a lot to think about, especially the underground man listening to his description was like looking into a mirror.

[@agusnegra]

Same... I Will probably rewatch this

[@SanganY]

Same, it was scary how accurate it was.

[@gud3742]

His mind and heart were flooded with extraordinary light; all torment, all doubt, all anxieties were relieved at once, resolved in a kind of lofty calm, full of serene, harmonious joy and hope, full of understanding and the knowledge of the ultimate cause of things.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

BRILLIANT! I love Dostoyevsky. I’ve always felt that if you want to understand the great cataclysmic events of the 20th century (and also the 21st) you must read Dostoyevsky.

[@Tribu_Solo]

One of Dostoyevsky's postulations in Notes From The Underground that I considered profoundly challenging is the following: "The worst of it is, look at it which way one will, it still turns out that I was always the most to blame in everything. And what is most humiliating of all, to blame for no fault of my own but, so to say, through the laws of nature." ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky~ When one carefully reflects on these words, we will find out that there is a bitter truth in it and that's why regret and blame are pointless activities. The Notes From The Underground contained the most profound and deepest thoughts from Dostoyevsky, in my opinion.

[@redrustyhill2]

Just sounds like word salad to me The problem is people always are trying to add "morality", right and wrong, guilty and innocent, when in all actuality, natural law doesn't really give AF about human constructs.

[@KanadMondal]

@@redrustyhill2 Humans are part of nature, nothing you experience is how it actually plays out in the world, the human mind is tuned for survival, not objectivity. Human constructs are all we have to interpret things, and they really are not bad for the job. They have been honed for thousands of years even before our scientific understanding of the world, and they have been honed by nature itself. So human constructs are a part of nature, too, and the problem is that people forget that. If you want to label everything as a human construct and think there is any profundity in doing so, then you also want to embody the fundamental problem of postmodernism. I don't know how to express it in a way that wouldn't sound like an attack so I will literally just say that this is not an attack.

[@redrustyhill2]

@KanadMondal attack or not, still don't buy your silly idea that "human constructs " are somehow "natural". Just the fact that a primitive culture accepts behavior A as normal and another culture steeped in dogmatic religious superstitions says behavior A is immoral, evil, wrong while destroying their environment because of greed and selfishness and ignorance of how nature's symbiotic systems work. One culture is very in tune with nature and has survived millenia, the other completely detached and dies out every couple hundred years, yet the detached people claim to be superior. The "constucts" you claim are based on nature couldnt be further from the truth. Humanity, except for a very small percentage, is completely detached from nature and has been since the industrial revolution.

[@jamessaltlife]

I've heard people online talk about Dostoevsky, but this has really given me an idea of how he was so great. I'm going to read his novels because of this video. Thank you.

[@michaels_madness]

Never thought I'd see two of my favorite channels working together like this. Absolutely love both of you. 🎉🎉🎉

[@Juniordc21]

Jesus that was intense. I certainly see parts of myself in the characters depicted in his writings. It makes me very grateful for my faith in god and a higher power. This video should serve as a recourse for anyone feeling holier than thou

[@kylebushnell2601]

lol this is exactly what I was referring to w my comment. Anyone feeling holier than thou? Coming from someone who claims wow this makes me realize how fortunate I am that I “believe” in something like God. 😂 You are confused amigo

[@jarroddavid8352]

@@kylebushnell2601The Bible says no one is good. Only God is good. Strangely by your insulting and condescending comment you’re a perfect example of this video you’re watching. Without God humanity will inevitably fall into depravity. Your human response was to be condescending and insulting to someone who was just expressing themselves. This is just preview of what rejecting God looks like and when it is fully manifested turns into the unimaginable atrocities in history mentioned in this video. The idea that every human was made in the image of God, is valuable and deserves to be treated with dignity is one of the foundational messages of the Bible. When you turn away from God you begin down a slippery slope towards full depravity.

[@egolysergic8499]

These videos are just amazing. ❤ Thank you so much. I love them.

[@redwave5268]

I need to listen to this lecture on a “loop”, over and over. Eye opening, Mind expanding.

[@seangregory932]

While on ketamine. Trust me

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

The following is attributed to akind of newe Dostoevsky: "I wanted milk from my mother's breast and only got the bottle. I wanted loving, tender parents and was only ever given toys. I wanted to talk and was only given a book. I wanted to think for myself and was only given foreign "knowledge". I wanted genuine happiness and got crude money instead. I wanted wonderful, fulfilling love and all I got was morality. I wanted freedom and all I got was a car - as an incentive to work. I wanted deep meaning and got a career. I wanted more time and got just one more job. I wanted real friends and got social media. I wanted real communication and got a cell phone I wanted a dear girlfriend and got a calculating bitch I wanted hope and got fear. I just want to live so right!" Please feel free to share !

[@CoocooKeeper]

I fucking love fyodor

[@nataliemostow8230]

You know it's going to be a good day when your two favorite philosophy channels put out a collab. Well done!🙌

[@naywenne6761]

What's the other channel?

[@TheSopheom]

​@@naywenne6761eternalised.

[@emilythemartian]

This one made me cry!

[@fang4223]

Listening to the passages from Notes from the Underground, I was regularly thinking about my time as a pariah in my school years. by the time I was 16, friendless, spiteful and fearful of my peers and family, loosing myself in my fantasy novels, I, really could relate to that sense of reasoning yourself into something better then you were, as you chose to wallow in your misery and hate. It's, interesting in seeing your past brought back to you like that. I'm glad I found my peace a few years ago now, as long as it may have taken, but i wouldn't change a thing about my past.

[@50CeNTTTTT]

I just love it when I get a notification saying "Someone liked your comment!" or "Someone has just subscribed!" That really makes my day!!💡💭😊

[@carefulcarpenter]

Yes, we are often injected with dopamine when complimented. Advertisers love this.

[@pratham3847]

is this a spam comment?

[@naywenne6761]

​@@pratham3847Looks like self-promotion spam

[@Cheximus]

I've always enjoyed Eternalised's videos, but the art brought it all to life. I loved it.

[@georgechacon2648]

Beautifully presented ❤! Thank you

[@AudioGardenSlave123]

This is a very well thought out video. Clear and concise while breaking down deep issues to their fundamentals.

[@chantalbueno]

my two favorite channels ! Thank you for this

[@RichardKoenigsberg]

When we were younger---in college--we read the novels of Dostoyevsky, but NEVER KNEW A THING ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE STORY. Just his writings. This is the miracle of the Internet, and shows like this. We learn something about THE HUMAN BEING that created the great works of art.

[@kyopunk3637]

"There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings". This quote scares me as much as it inspires me. Great video.

[@Gaavcio]

Thank you. Now I understand that I am the "Underground-man".

[@MrPatel-Metro]

Please accept my heartfelt gratitude for the loving efforts you have put into making this video. While Dostoyevsky's words are truly deeply though-provoking, your artistic presentation and your voice made the message go deeper. Love your way.

[@user-ux5wv8br8v]

Dostoevsky is my best friend, I love and respect him so incredibly much! Readings his novels has changed my life forever, a truly genius and a lovely man! Tanks for this video ❤

[@daneainsworth2198]

The illustration/art/drawings and images dance with the words like magic. Beautiful stuff!

[@jimc.goodfellas226]

Dostoevsky is maybe my favorite writer of all time ..I found his work at the perfect time in my life, and I have returned to his work at times over the years. The ultimate psychologist of the human condition

[@briangschaefer7048]

Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you.

[@Renierius]

Truly amazing, thank you.

[@DetoxProxy]

Loved this collaboration 👍

[@jonathandeguzman862]

there is no difference between thinking about yourself constantly and being miserable..... thanks for the video it is the best so far we need more content on social media like this

[@ChristopherRaymond-zs6wv]

When tears forth come, this is my validation...kudos...❤

[@bgray625]

Stunning. Astonishing. Excrucifying. Yes, I had to make up a word just for this video. Now please excuse me while I go tidy up, my head seems to have exploded.

[@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094]

If u r brave enough to face your own cognitive dissonance then watch DOMINION the documentary right here on youtube

[@PlataPura]

This was a spectacular presentation. Well done my friend!

[@doctortraumacock]

Another amazing lesson. You've reminded me of so many classic books i need to try picking up again.

[@KnifeCrazzzzy]

That was most excellently done my good sir, and I enjoyed it thoroughly! Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@puffing_bear]

brilliant work, the bits and bobs of wisdom from the narrator is also on point!

[@ReynaSingh]

The greatest despair is in being unable to recognize that the infinitely great is present in every person

[@JLydecka]

What does "infinitely great" mean? What you think is great, I might think is evil. And infinite means endless. We are not infinite beings. We are finite and limited. How does an infinitely great person act?

[@gruppler]

@@JLydecka I can't speak for ReynaSingh, but I would say that what you are talking about is based on physical perception. "Great" does not mean "good" but "large" or "expansive." Our minds and bodies are not infinite, but as the original comment says, the infinitely great is present *in* every person. I take this to mean that behind every 'mask' (persona, person) is an "I" that is the same "I" you experience within your own persona. This "I" is the infinitely great, the consciousness that has no beginning or end, which seeks to grow beyond all boundaries and limitations.

[@TaylorT247]

Talk about it,sis! 🙌🏾

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

Okay. So go marry an incel or a crackhead. K thnx

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

Okay. So go marry an incel or a crackhead. K thnx

[@TechnoGlobalist]

Amazing, thank you!

[@fretfrontier]

That was great. A very moving and insightful video. Thank you

[@regulusthestar]

the quote i relate to the most by dostoyevsky is "the more i love humanity in general, the less i love man in particular" although it also goes the other way 'round for me sometimes. but, you can hate something and still love it, in my case its mankind.

[@orenatostefani]

your art is reaching new highs! congratulations man 👊🏼🙏🏼💜 keep rocking! loved the video

[@SanGuo12]

Brilliant video, it really intrigues me to look over Dostoevsky's work deeply, for its profound and deep thinking for the psychological hell for especially, a highly intelligent person might fall into.

[@seriouslyjustlookaround3593]

The narratives are always great here… always inviting a diverse set of ideas… brilliant minds… and the drawings are just perfect… hand in hand with the stories… the drawings are such an amazing story in themselves…😊

[@racerx6]

Excellent presentation.

[@violetgray9568]

Thank you for doing this!

[@OnihRz]

This is absolutely superb. The quality of these videos are fantastic, to such an extent of inspiration and restoration that can only come about through what some may call Divine miracle. Thank you for sharing these works. Thank you for your painstaking efforts to put details into details in which many of us will gloss over, but some truely come to appreciation with awe. May the search for the Unity between God & our sinner Self continue to be brought to light, so that we turn from our Sin unto the pure and divine Love allowed through Jesus Christ. I love you. I love you, because I wish also to love my Self. I wish to Love my Self, so that I also may be loved by You. I love God for these same reasonings. May all things come to pass as the depths of our inner mind come to heal, knowing the truth of our creation- through our Creator.

[@wadedavis1702]

Everytime you think "everyone else is doing so it's ok", you let your morals go. No one is perfect all you can do is strive to be a better man or woman

[@andydufresne299]

Great video! Very valuable. Thank you. Peace.

[@TCF369]

Wow. Going to have to watch this more than once to understand it

[@adifloroiu4144]

this is very well done i must say. thank you

[@integratedvegannutrition9795]

Thank you so much ❤

[@dr6278]

Best video this channel has made yet.

[@bhn7731]

Wonderful speaking. It's impressive how dramatic consciousness can make of itself through these actionable beings.

[@ASHEVILLEMOVINGCOMPANY]

#Grateful 🙏 love you guys, thank you, #mahalo

[@waltersstreet]

Absolutely fascinating

[@Spoeism]

Religare also means To bind To tie together Unity and deducing mystery or bondage.

[@ulvosstanya]

Excellent! thanks so much.

[@navydiver7018]

Quite the struggle, awakening, and conviction. Of course, he went down those dark roads, whether by his choice or others. That he wrote so honestly, transparently, and through shame in later life is why I respect him.

[@gud3742]

Finally Fjodor Dostojevskij

[@matthewgaulke8094]

This is dead on at what I've pretty much been experiencing in life and the realizations I arrived at about them. When I learned about these works and the ideas contained in them I was honestly a little angry that I wasn't exposed to them sooner. I listened to a coworker the other day reveal to me the pettiest of details about some Grateful Dead trivia and thought that's a great reflection of what I was raised to value as well. My philosophers and existential idols were rockstars and Star Wars characters. I thought how sad it was my education had failed me so much that I'm just discovering this material at age 43. Great minds have already worked out this stuff that I had to figure out on my own. It did give me great comfort and validation to learn about these works and the conclusions arrived at.

[@BallBatteryReligion]

Well, I believe we have to experience it on our own. I'm grateful to be finding these works and great minds while I'm in my early 20s. But a year ago when I was in my deepest depression, and my life was at its worst in the material sense and personally: I tried learning about some of these philosophers and their teaching and it just...didn't click. I realize now I wasn't prepared for or in the place to accept the information. All our journeys are different, but it's the understanding that we all must experience our journey nonetheless that unites us. Moreover the understanding that our suffering and learning may be unique, but the suffering itself is not. This is what bring us together and shows us a path to graceful acceptance and love for one another, I believe. Fellow sufferers enduring an uncertain and painful world where we must transform individually first, then connect to others with our own knowledge and understanding. With love, with grace, with empathy.

[@deadspoonxxx]

Definitely and it also brings into a view many may have at some point: the greatest of advice falls short upon a man engulfed in war. Internal or external. ​@BallBatteryReligion

[@BallBatteryReligion]

@@deadspoonxxx damn I forgot I even left this comment lol. I think you're right though, and that's a good way of contextualizing my struggles and a new lens for viewing others, I appreciate that. Funny enough your comment reminded me of a man I work with whom I've been talking to and learning more about. He's a retired marine, multiple tours in Iraq, extensive combat experience. Permanent injuries he got in Iraq like a rod in his leg. He's 38-40, still in great shape, charismatic and funny as hell but he's sharp and still a formidable and dangerous man. He's got some... interesting beliefs. One of which I've never heard anywhere else. I simply asked him one night, after a long conversation about multiple topics if he believed in a god. He said "yes, but my beliefs are...a little different." He went on to say something like: "when I was in Iraq, at war: I was doing things that god wouldn't like. So why would I pray to him? That'd be stupid. It's war, I was breaking his rules. Satan on the other hand...he might be more open to helping me. He has power too." I appreciate that he didn't explicitly say anything like "what I had to do" or try to justify or paint himself as heroic. He strikes me as more humble/objective than that. That's not word for word exactly what he said, but he also expressed something like "war is no place for god." He went on to say something like: "now that the war is over and I'm in a time of peace: I can talk to God again." Credit where it's due...I've never heard anything like that before. And I find it very intriguing.

[@deadspoonxxx]

@@BallBatteryReligion full on. He's not - not making sense. Different for sure. Thanks for sharing that is intriguing.

[@grahamdugan]

Reading The Brothers Karamazov was life-changing.

[@self-bookstore]

What a life lesson, so grateful.

[@tylerhuffman3866]

I think I relate to the underground man way too much..

[@deleted01]

I honestly think the underground man is meant for the reader to relate to, not to judge or condescend on.

[@_highgrain]

Thank you!

[@navidkarimian7220]

Great work guys. Keep it UP! ❤

[@amyedie8902]

Damn Sam! Thank God for Dostoevsky! For setting pen to paper. To do that for humanity, hopefully including me.

[@moronicdooshbaggery756]

I thoroughly enjoyed this

[@stephenevans1993]

Bravo. Been a fan of afterskool for a while. At first, I thought it was him narrating! Ideas worth sharing for SURE. Thx guys

[@tipsychicken9511]

I come here cartoons. Excellent craftsmanship, really.

[@itsteebz]

Love this colab!

[@diemondduke7480]

Truly great!

[@milesbanares]

Thank you so much for this. Have a good day.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

"Just a single man, Fyodor Dostoevsky, is enough to defeat all the creative novelists of the world. If one has to decide on 10 great novels in all the languages of the world, one will have to choose at least 3 novels of Dostoevsky in those 10. Dostoevsky’s insight into human beings and their problems is greater than your so-called psychoanalysts, and there are moments where he reaches the heights of great mystics. His book BROTHERS KARAMAZOV is so great in its insights that no BIBLE or KORAN or GITA comes close. In another masterpiece of Dostoevsky, THE IDIOT, the main character is called ‘idiot’ by the people because they can’t understand his simplicity, his humbleness, his purity, his trust, his love. You can cheat him, you can deceive him, and he will still trust you. He is really one of the most beautiful characters ever created by any novelist. The idiot is a sage. The novel could just as well have been called THE SAGE. Dostoevsky’s idiot is not an idiot; he is one of the sanest men amongst an insane humanity. If you can become the idiot of Fyodor Dostoevsky, it is perfectly beautiful. It is better than being cunning priest or politician. Humbleness has such a blessing. Simplicity has such benediction."

[@whall2962]

I agree completely, Dostoyevsky single handedly cured me of my atheism.

[@mut8inG]

Thank you🌸

[@thescientist8599]

In my opinion, Raskolnikov never really regretted killing the usurer (at least not until his final conversion). However, he was ashamed of what he did to her innocent sister. Even when he decided to hand himself over, in his speech he clarifies he will never regret killing the old woman and he did it for his guilt feelings that he can't control. However, he barely mentioned her sister, probably trying to remove her from his memories.

[@sidehustlefinance]

I just read my first Dostoevsky a couple of months ago, the Brothers' Karamazov. I could not believe the parallels to our current times that he was writing about 140 years ago. People have not changed much since then, the lesson are still valid. Does anyone have a suggestion of which Dostoevsky book I should read next, or any similar authors from a century ago?

[@l2everse]

Notes from underground is also a terrifyingly good book from Dostoevsky. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's gulag archipelago is a book i highly recommend as well, it's somewhat similar to Dostoevsky's writing but more about the actual terrors of communism less focused on the psychological aspects.

[@invisible_d_r]

I'd say all of Dostoyevsky's novels are worthy of reading! Have you read "Crime and Punishment" yet? If not it's what I suggest it

[@OccamsRazor393]

All his work is exceptional! The Idiot, Notes From Underground and Crime and Punishment are a must. Nikolai Gogol, Franz Kafka, Pushkin, Turgenev and Solzhenitsyn are all great.

[@anabolicchicken4115]

Read Crime and Punishment next.

[@wurmholewizrdree3475]

Crime and punishment .

[@jamesdelcol3701]

I am a good soul in a cruel world, but my world was not as harsh as it was for Dostoyevsky.

[@roygahnstedt827]

This video was suggested to me after watching Albert Pikes letter, describing how to initiate three world wars to destroy all faith and leave the world in eternal aethism. Watching this Today, as the world is going through so much, it really gets to me. I will definetley pick up some of his litterature, including the idiot. Thank you as always !

[@viktorlafontaine6222]

I have to admit that your way to teach using illustrations image and, of course, including details about the psychology from the central idea of the dostojewski's book is better than anyone.

[@cesilfreekz7802]

I needed to hear this right now

[@hunterfortruth6036]

Brilliant

[@chrisignacio1791]

Wow this was quite profound.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Thanks After Skool

[@user-oj4hp6mh6c]

Beautiful done.

[@devisqevani8550]

Thank you