Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Dostoyevsky on the Nature of Human Existence

The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov”
https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-light-of-the-brothers-karamazov
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for? 

The dark prophet of our times
https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-essay/2023/11/fyodor-dostoevsky-dark-prophet-of-our-times
In The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky dares to ask the question few will: do people truly desire freedom?