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Do you think the Nazis can validly claim a philosophical lineage from Nietzsche? It does seem so to me, but I am an ignorant person. I do know that Nietzsche's philosophy is not monolithic, but that should mean that his philosophical lineage can lead to different paths, and one such path does seem to align pretty well to Nazism. Am I wrong about it?
The point on nihilism & hedonism sounded spot on. Focused on only yourself & what feels good at the moment. Considering where it has taken modern societies, its crazy how forward thinking he was.
@mohammadtausifrafi8277 Nietzsche was absolutely against anti-semitism and wrote about his dislike for it. The Nazis twisted and misused his work out of context and even posthumously plagiarized his work to fit their ideology. The Nazis stole ideas from many different places that have nothing to do with the hateful ideology.
I'm sure the quote means what you all think it means, but it can be interpreted to mean the opposite without any stretching or twisting of logic. Books can be good or great, but also they can be bad or mediocre or average. That pretty much lists all major qualitative categories. We can further simplify this list by moving great to being a subcategory of good, and mediocre of average. That leaves three top level categories under which each and every novel is placed. Examining the quote with this fact in agreement the books of Dostoevsky, are not in the good/great category, so they must therefore be either bad or average. It seems like a more defensible interpretation as "Some books are good or even great. All else is average at best like Dostoevsky" rather than "I've read good books an ever some great books, but Dostoevsky's books are super duper amazballs dude!"
@@trippmoore Interesting. But don't you think the mere fact that you had to write two paragraphs is already stretching? And the fact that you had to prove the opposite of "what everyone thinks it means" twisting of logic?
C+P is what got me into Dostoevsky. Which is what got me into Russian literature. Which got me into Russian language. Which got me into studying, living and working in Russia. Which got me into Russian history. Which got me into publishing. And that's where I am today. The rabbit hole is deeper than you could possibly imagine.
Excellent video essay. I read this book when I was 16. I was highly unmotivated by school and was flirting with Nihilism. The school librarian would enable me when I’d sneak out of class, but she recommended this book. I think it single-handedly changed/saved my life. I never considered myself capable of murdering a pawn broker, or anyone for that matter, but I had a dichotomy of feeling othered my entire life, and unfitting to the world, but also a huge ego that fueled all the negative and petty resentment and cynicism in me. I still battle that tendency to be a cynic, but I only think of Raskolnikov and Sonya, and the fact that Dostoyevsky actually dictated the novel to his wife, and I think, no, life is full of mundane wonders, the beauty of the mundane beats the false sense of grandeur that many chase.
I never heard any analysis so deep and clear as this. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas! I'll have you as an example of the teacher I one day want to be.
@@F8LDragon2 And some can use My N*gg*, but only if you have at least one black friend. And not the guy who works in the mail room. he doesn't count. The one that you keep mentioning interesting facts to that you learned about the origin of the human species and the migration out of Africa from that one issue of National Geographic he personally delivered to your desk when it got lost behind the sorting table somehow and was late by 7 months. He's just being polite by saying "that's an interesting fact" every time you run into him in the break room and drop another one you read in that issue. He's not actually your friend, Kyle. You don't even know that his name is Montgomery, do you? That's why everyone calls him Monty. We told him you were on the spectrum when he asked us what your deal was that one time he asked if you were Russian because your last name ends in -sky after you said, out of the blue, that your three favorite authors were Angela Davis, Langston Hughes, and Dostoevsky, in that order. And you said "Technically we are all African, Lamont. That makes me cool like you, brother."
I guess I'm lucky to be able to read this book in russian. That's definitely hard to read it, but in fact, in Russia teens read it in school when they are about 17 years old... A little bit early to understand it completely, but still. Great book and it deserves being so well-known
Yes I read it at 15 or 16 to prep for the SAT as a homeschooled student in the USA. These are thoughts that interested me while reading the book. It’s fascinating to reread it as a 30 year old parent and someone in the workplace in the society of western culture today.
I know Russian and I could barely read Dostoevsky, so I quit barely a few pages in. Recently though I started reading Seraphim Rose: life and works, in Russian (I absolutely reccomend it) and I could probably tackle Dostoevsky now
Reading Crime and Punishment and Notes from underground I felt like Dostoevsky was pointing a finger at me and saying: you’re not as nice as you think you are, and you can actually be a pretty evil person. And boy he’s right.
The book was soo profoundly deep that i was struggling to get the ideas properly - starting with the very reason of Raskolnikov's act of murder. But you answered all that i was missing in the very first line of this video. Thank you. Now i realized how deep it is, way more than I had thought.
You are way too underrated. You have some of the best philosophy videos ive watched on youtube and has opened my mind to many other philosophies that i would've never learned of without these videos. Much love!
When i was reading this book i definitely learned more about myself than i wanted. i was literally isolating myself because i blamed myself for losing someone i held dear. the ideas brought up in this book struck me very bluntly as during the part where he is so stricken with grief he will not leave his room i was literally living that. also you said to bring up the parts you missed so i will offer my best analysis of my favorite character (also i just want to write it). Marmeladov is an amazing character and i really don’t know where to begin but to start we should talk about how his alcoholism affects his relationship with those around him. it causes him to burden both himself and his family and brings a great deal of punishment upon him both physical and mental. It is almost as if he hates himself so much that he wants to numb it with drink, but simultaneously his drink causes him to obtain more punishment, which justifies his hatred of himself with the opinion of his fellow man. i cant remember if i cried to this part specifically but i did cry over the book multiple times and this is one of the worst stories. if i remember correctly raskolnikov takes pity on him which shows us how viewing others and more specifically judging them, we can often gain insight about ourselves because raskolnikov also punishes himself and although their in different situations they feel much the same self loathing. love this channel do notes from the underground next.
Loved this. One of the things that struck me deeply about C&P is how Raskolnikov only ever thinks about the pawn broker when he feels immense guilt and never the broker's sister. The pawn broker was a nasty woman who took advantage of the poor and abused her sister. Her sister was a victim he was at least alluded to being a good person. He planned to kill the pawn broker for a specific reason and killed the sister in the heat of the moment. No one liked the pawn broker while Sonya knew and cared for the sister. Despite all this Raskolnikov only ever considered the pawn broker's murder. IMO because despite the greater loss of the sister to the world, the murder of the pawn broker was pre-meditated and was thus a greater crime.
Yep. I also thought it was weird how he didn't feel bad about Lizaveta. It definitely would've made a greater impact if his guilt was explored further with that victim.
I read through the comments before watching the video and saw you giving responses to potential criticisms with an open mind. You're a young man with 67 long form videos--many of which appear aimed toward self-improvement--in no more than 11 months so I was skeptical, but you seem like a genuine and knowledgable content creator. After watching it, my opinion was unchanged. Nice work.
Might be a few people working on this channel and then he presents it to camera. Script writers knowledgeable in all these topics could write for him, but who knows. Good channel either way
It is just me for now, I’m afraid. And I don’t consider myself particularly good at understanding this sort of thing. I just apply the philosophy I know to my reading and hope that people find it helpful
i'll never forget reading this book for the first time in sophomore year of HS-- the Svidrigailov POV section toward the end absolutely blew my mind (it still does tbh)
Shame I never touched anything close to that in HS my HS had a large immigrant community, I assume played a large part in why my English classes didn't take me much further than brad bury
I just finished reading this novel and whilst I definitely enjoyed it I don't think I fully grasped how good of a book it actually is until I watched your video. So thank you so much for making me appreciate this wonderful tittle even more!
my existence has been a mixture of both raskolnikov and the underground man for pretty much my entire life, in ways that reach so deeply into my soul that it felt like reading a mirror i broke down in despair many times whilst reading both books im just trying to get it all together again thanks for this video
Great and thoughtful analysis. What struck me was your comment on how reading the book both fascinated you and made you feel tired. It reminded me of Gabor Mate reaction to reading his mother’s diary as it talked about the time of his greatest trauma. Going beyond the content of the book, you might consider Jung’s ‘shadow’ to understand the why. Now, in my late 60s, I have come to see life as a quest to heal the wounded child. This makes a lot of strange behavior more understandable. Redemption is the resolution of that trauma, which often takes the form of accepting the love and connection we do crave and are afraid to accept lest we lose it again.
You are an intelligent and strikingly beautiful young man. Your eyes reflect an intensity which I cannot fully understand. In a good way. Thank you for your hard work in producing these videos!
One line that really stood out to me is when Raskolnikov is confessing to Sonia and says “And you don't suppose that I went into it headlong like a fool? I went into it like a wise man, and that was just my destruction,” and I think it really shows the danger of Raskolnikov’s over-intellectualism with how he sees the world. His abstract nature, the thing that makes him a “wise man”, is what more than anything else destroys him because it causes the crime and guilt that leads to his suffering and isolation.
I'm halfway through the novel when I see this. The novel and this video hits home and brought me to tears. I cant thank you enough for your interpretation of the novel because I feel like it's explaining and elaborating more on what my mind feels when reading the novels that I dont quite understand myself. May all of us get the strength to strive for the better everyday.
@@Играювхой4reading and understanding are diffrent things. Crime and punishment is also a obligatory reading in poland but i wouldnt say that the people who read it just to pass the test really understood the meaning.
The murder is so real , so terrifying I thought the author must have actually done it to to describe it so well...I was young ....it still haunts me somewhat... I learn that once you do something,you cannot undo it ... sobering....but a great lesson!! Subscribed!
I was talking to a group of Veterans about whether we would or could ever kill. I said that were my children threatened, there is nothing I would not do. An SAS Vet looked me in the eye and said no. You wouldn't. I have wondered ever since what he saw and what he thinks he knows about me. I'm sure "ordinary people" are capable of great evil when they convince themselves it is necessary. Of course there is no telling how much I'd torture myself with remorse after the event.
just look up "how people think they will react to a knife attack" then: how ordinary people "actually respond to a knife attack. any veteran knows, without training you'll just panic, freeze, puke, or cry ❤️
It just sounds like he was saying most people aren’t combat trained to actually successfully kill someone, let alone put up much resistance; not that killing always weighs especially heavily on the conscience.
@@GillfigGarstang TBH he might be right about my resolve as well. I just found out someone intentionally hurt me more than any event in my life and I've just walked away. Revenge just isn't for me. That said, if I had to protect my kids... no question.
@@almor2445The vet speaks with ego. Many SF guys develop a god complex. Programmed by the military to dismiss instinct and rely on skill. Don't be convinced. I think any man pushed to the limit will do what he must, especially to defend his family. Guys like that say you cannot. Because it makes them feel they are the special archetype protectors. Naturally to feel needed by society or deepen purpose. Planting seeds psychologically.
Been subscribed to you for a while now and it brings me great joy that your channel is growing fast. I wish more people were interested in what you have to say because I believe most of us can learn from your wise words. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!
English literature: I will die for Honor! French literature: I will die for love! American literature: I will die for Freedom! Russian literature: I will die.
Yeah. I bet you heard about Russian literature inside Russia, when from 1st to 4th grade we read fairytales and surprisingly kind works and in 5th class we rush and turn on "Mu-mu", this is extremely sad and depressing book about suffering of deaf and silent poor man who drown his own beloved puppy because authority woman said... Well, that's... Refreshing, to say the least.
I started reading Dostoyevsky after doing a study of the Crimean War for a Russian character I wanted to develop on my own project. I started with The Idiot and halfway through, it was clear to me that I was going to have to read everything that he wrote, not just for the historical perspective on Russian society in that era, but just for the sheer enjoyment of it. I am fascinated by the way he develops his simple, ordinary characters. He was not a battle-weary man of age himself when he did most of his writing - how did he understand us all so well? I was going to read Poor People next but I will take up Crime and Punishment instead, as interesting as your review here has been (many thanks for it!).
Fantastic work. This was a wonderful video to listen to while driving. Really gets the mind turning. Will be watching other videos due to my joy of this one.
We are all like Raskolnikov, in my opinion. Not because we are literal murderer, but because we are always striving to be something great or extraordinary. Our crime was believing that we are "superior" and destined for great things, and our punishment for that was losing our sanity trying to achieve it.
This is a fantastic review of the book, After I read the book I was looking for a good review, and finally found your video, As you said at the end of the video let me tell you about the part that took my attention, There is a great theme of lack of self-esteem in the main character, that he believes he doesn't worth the love of others, and he rejects whenever he receives any, which adds to the value of the ending of the book.
I chose to watch one of the videos of your channel on a whim, and now three videos down I've fallen into a rabbit hole that I can't seem to escape from. This is only the third video of yours that I've watched, but I also feel like it was the most profound and resonated with a lot of themes and moments in my life that I haven't yet fully comprehended. But have been given an insight to, simply from the sharing of your own experience and deductions. Thankfully, the full book of Crime and Punishment is 100% free on Google and so it seems like I found myself with another good book to pour my time into. Genuinely thank you, I nearly shed a couple of tears at the end of your video with the amount of passion and care that you put into the topic
You just made me realize how good, packed full of insights and relatable this novel actually is. Finished it today but I'll probably have to reread it to fully grasp it. Thank you!
I felt this is what Parental Guidance should really be like when watching hard to swallow content with just of Age child. Thanks for the analysis. I can now read the book in a different light.
ahhhhh the one book in prison i did not have time to read. A lifer sentenced for murder had reccomended me the book and even lent it to me. He is now a free man now doing good things for the community at large.
I read C&P many years ago, but I vividly remember the visceral feelings of paranoia and dread that lingered even in between reading the book. I only caught glimpses of the redemption themes, so I'm grateful for the in-depth detailing. It expanded what was already one of the best books I've ever read.
My mother has been telling me to read this book for years. I now understand why. I am so glad that I have stumbled upon your video and thank you for taking such great care in presenting this book and its topics.
thanks for this, I have been struggling with finding meaning to my life. although I know how much I feel fulfilled from loving and caring for people, I have started to judge them for not caring back. I see their naivety and feel terrible for not being able to be unfiltered and truly open to them.
Wow you’ve managed to sum up what I feel when interacting with certain people in my life. Do you feel pity or pain for the naive ones as I do knowing that they’ll never be able to change ?
@@AvaniSingh-qv6rq right, they seem pitiful. its good to just love as much as u can and endure as much as u can before making the decision to stop. everything u do is okay, u can do what u want and u can feel what u feel. also, change is not possible for everyone. u know how some people get super anxious about even going on trips, like they'd think up scenarios because they're afraid or just straight up refuse to go as its someplace they've never been to and danger stuff. not the perfect example, but sure people think a lot about things before attempting to change. they get scared of the unsure future, a lot when its supposed to be changed. some people would stick to their jobs even facing mistreatment or ignoring their passion, they want life to be as it is, predictable. it gives a sense of hope and control. if they don't want to change, its alright, life is not a mathematical equation, there can't be one perfect solution for everyone. haha felt nice to write whatever out
You are an extremely talented speaker; not everyone can grasp it as fluidly as you. The nonverbal gestures alongside your speech is something I never could obtain while taking oral-comm in college. My brain always goes out of sync when trying to combine the two. You'd be an excellent professor with that notion!
You really sold it to me and definitely going to pick this book up. I do think this book can have a deep impact on my life, im glad you made this video and that it appeared on my feed.
Well, after this magnificent presentation I have no choice but to read this book myself! I've never actually read any books by great philosophers so this will be my first. I might be about to jump into a big ol' rabbit hole. If nothing else, it looks like a fun one!
Goddamn dude, this is a great recap and discussion of the novel! You say you are not a historian, well I am, and I really appreciate your work and effort into this video
I read this at the height of covid and hated raskolnikov, but kept thinking how contrived the book was rather than thinking about the message. Thank you for providing clarification
I want to point out something that I think Dostoyevsky wouldn’t want people to miss about the ending. At the end of the book when Raskolnikov confesses his love to Sonya he also converts to Christianity and stops being an atheist.
Holy shit, this is one of the most interesting and juicy discussions on philosophy I've ever heard and accessible (if it gets through my thick skull) Great stuff, thank you! ❤
This is so well done. Thank you! I'm currently reading the book with my 18 and 14 year old sons and I'm excited to show your analysis after we're finished. We've had so many great discussions along the way and your analysis will be a great way to sum it all up!
I'm late to the party but thanks for the video. My favorite part of the book has always been at the end when the MC reaches enlightenment through love. Both of them are the lowest of the low (be it wealth, happiness, social standing, health or even intellect), but in the depths of despair they find solace in each other (even if Sonya is the savior figure in that scene). It's like when a beautiful flower blooms in a garbage dump. And it's presented as an earth shattering, transcendental moment. Just amazing. Through most of his books I get the feeling that his characters are never in control and are just ants in a storm of events, but in that one moment, you could feel that both of them were freed from the constraints of the world. And for anyone who hasn't read his books, you should, even though they are thick af, they are like movies with "over the top" characters and dialogues that are smart and sometimes funny, sometimes deep in meaning, and it keeps you wanting to read the next page.
your so intelligent! your understanding and the way you apply your knowledge is admirable. i wish to be able to do this one day. thank you for putting so much time into making this it was really interesting!
@@sb2h you left out the word "practically" which implies he didn't actually say it. In other words it was my interpretation of what he said. We can debate that but it's pointless arguing what you think I said about what he said.
@@stevenwilliams1805 eh fair enough I guess. I think you should be a little more careful when sharing what another said though, not to put words in their mouths
I have read the book a year or two ago (I was about thirteen years old...) and after reading it, it seemed a bit like I had gotten as mad as Raskolnikov himself; I had just been in someone elses mind, as much as I am in my own mind - and maybe even deeper. It worked like some sort of warning, but at the same time a deep, genuine call to nuance, forgiveness and love. When I think again of it, like I regularly do, I can feel the truly twisted mind and just get dizzy. This is what this teenager got from it. I should reread it. And maybe one more time. And one more. And... If there is any 'best book of all time' (which there is not!), it will at least come very, very close.
You my friend are an extraordinary man! And seemingly humble to boot 👍🏼 looking forward to diving into some more of your content! Proud of yah bub Love from New Jersey 🤘🏼
I can't imagine the nihilism section as anything beyond old dostoevsky going "haha, i painted you as a soyjak" to some random nihilist he was beefing with at the time
At 25:50 you mention shame and suffering. Put those two together and what do you have? Guilt. She has much reason for guilt. Doing “what she must” to get by doesn’t alleviate her sense of doing that which she shouldn’t. Great video and keep it up.
This was a great analysis. My struggle with drugs had forced these ideas on me many times and this analysis allowed me to put an idea to the endless cycle of joy, suffering and boredom.
That is another fantastic one! I read it when I was younger but I have a re-read planned soon as I only remember the basic outline and a few key scenes
It's well worth the challenge. I had to silence my phone and put it aside to focus on it. I recommend doing that as long as you don't have major responsibilities when you do.
You cover all the people I love with a passion. I'm writing the final draft of a book on people who have influenced me: Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Jung, Tesla, and so many more. Thank you for all your lectures.
the most beautiful book review video ever in my life... eagerly waiting for the next one... i am watching this video after reading the book...so i am thrilled.
Got into philosophy thanks to you. This is madly interesting and brings a new perspective to life. Currently reading notes from underground, will read crime and punishment next. Keep up the incredible work man!
Well done. I enjoy the format you chose as well and I hope you continue it. It has a very 'Cambridge Union Debate' feel to it. I truly quite enjoyed it. I started Dostoevsky because someone recommended I try it to better understand myself. They were absolutely right, and the second order effect of self-reflection because of Dostoevsky's work is something I genuinely attribute to helping me grow as a person. The "feeling alone in a crowded room of people" feeling. Being aware that having intense disdain for people you perceive as lesser than you will lead to your downfall. The ability to love (in my case the birth of my daughter) completely changing my paradigm on interpersonal engagements. The works of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and Dostoevsky I can't celebrate enough.
New subscriber here. Your youth & eloquence are enviable. I wish I had taken more interest in reading during my youth. Better late than never, I suppose. I've just binged a few Dostoyevsky related videos & will be back to this channel before bedtime tomorrow. Thanks for the great content.
Wanted to join in praise for these videos that so adroitly analyze great literature & philosophy. In the past, I always found philosophy a tedious waste of time in spite of having many friends who tried to convince me otherwise. As a writer, however, your explanations of various philosophies through the use of literature has opened my eyes to the fascinating world of philosophy.
Loved your share on the “superior” believing kids at Cambridge and how their lives turned out as a result of them trying to actualize their fantasy of themselves. 👍
I love listening to these videos. You have a fantastic speaking voice that takes me on a journey through the most important questions and forces me to reflect on myself and everyone around me. I enjoy my one sided discussions with you where you present something in a way that allows me to wonder about things I felt but could never put a name to. You are so eloquent and good at what you do here. If you released a book that was just your thoughts on literature, philosophers etc in relation to your own life, I would really enjoy that. Your understanding of all of these subjects and people will make you a good leader in your home and the community. I could pick your brain for hours! Congratulations on finding your calling by giving the gift of these videos to random scrollers online.
I am a second year bachelor student of geography, but more and more I am confronted with a vague feeling that I have taken a wrong path in my studies, this feeling is now almost undeniable. I got into dostoyevsky after reading a book by a Dutch columnist on dostoyevsky and his critique on european societies and his view of russian orthodox Christianity as being superior and the path of life which leads to self fulfillment and the least amount of unneeded suffering. Your videos, especially your debunks of dostoyevsky, help me understand that I want to commit myself to philosophy and start a new traject of studying it!! Thank you!
I have read Dostoevski and I admire him for many reasons. He's one of the greatest writers in History. He's a humanist besides being a religious person and he was ahead of psychology describing narcissistic, psychopathic disorders along with empathetic characters such as Sonia who, in my opinion, she suffers from a shame inherited by her upbringing and later from her own shame brought by prostituting herself as a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Demons and Karamazov brothers are great novels too. There is another great Ucranian writer, Irene Nemirovsky (The dance, The Dogs and the Wolves). Mijail Bulgákov (The Master and Marguerite and Dog's Heart) is brilliant too. Russian writers topics are always related to love and hatred and as a society there are the eternal question: what to do?
Such charisma in your words brother! Thank you very much for your content . Gentlemen this is the video to watch more than once or twice to thoroughly absorb the knowledge he has provided.
"‘It’s late, it’s time to go! I am going at once to give myself up. But I don’t know why I am going to give myself up.’ Big tears fell down her cheeks. ‘You are crying, sister, but can you hold out your hand to me?’ ‘You doubted it?’ She threw her arms round him. ‘Aren’t you half expiating your crime by facing the suffering?’ she cried, holding him close and kissing him. ‘Crime? What crime?’ he cried in sudden fury. ‘That I killed a vile noxious insect, an old pawnbroker woman, of use to no one!… Killing her was atonement for forty sins. She was sucking the life out of poor people. Was that NOT a crime? I am not thinking of it and I am not thinking of expiating it, and why are you all rubbing it in on all sides? ‘A crime! a crime!’ Only now I see clearly the imbecility of my cowardice, now that I have decided to face this superfluous disgrace. It’s simply because I am contemptible and have nothing in me that I have decided to, perhaps too for my advantage, as that… Porfiry… suggested!’ ‘Brother, brother, what are you saying? Why, you have shed blood?’ cried Dounia in despair. ‘Which all men shed,’ he put in almost frantically, ‘which flows and has always flowed in streams, which is spilt like champagne, and for which men are crowned in the Capitol and are called afterwards benefactors of mankind. Look into it more carefully and understand it! I too wanted to do good to men and would have done hundreds, thousands of good deeds to make up for that one piece of stupidity, not stupidity even, simply clumsiness, for the idea was by no means so stupid as it seems now that it has failed…. (Everything seems stupid when it fails.) By that stupidity I only wanted to put myself into an independent position, to take the first step, to obtain means, and then everything would have been smoothed over by benefits immeasurable in comparison…. But I… I couldn’t carry out even the first step, because I am contemptible, that’s what’s the matter! And yet I won’t look at it as you do. If I had succeeded I should have been crowned with glory, but now I’m trapped.’"
Thanks to mandatory school readings, this masterpiece fell on my hands. And I must say, it really became responsible for the flurry of thoughts, culprit of many restless nights that followed. It's a wonderfully paced masterpiece that grabs your attention for no songle particular reason, but thanks to its power to allow little characters to manifest great things. Crime and Punishment is quite a read, and I highly encourage everyone to read it.
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He’s from UK there not 35th on education
Do you think the Nazis can validly claim a philosophical lineage from Nietzsche? It does seem so to me, but I am an ignorant person. I do know that Nietzsche's philosophy is not monolithic, but that should mean that his philosophical lineage can lead to different paths, and one such path does seem to align pretty well to Nazism. Am I wrong about it?
The point on nihilism & hedonism sounded spot on. Focused on only yourself & what feels good at the moment.
Considering where it has taken modern societies, its crazy how forward thinking he was.
In Russia they read Dostoevsky at the age of 14 on literature classes
@mohammadtausifrafi8277 Nietzsche was absolutely against anti-semitism and wrote about his dislike for it. The Nazis twisted and misused his work out of context and even posthumously plagiarized his work to fit their ideology. The Nazis stole ideas from many different places that have nothing to do with the hateful ideology.
"He is so free, He can no longer choose."
This line is enlightenment!
"There are good books, there are great books, there is Dostoevsky" 👏
Hey alright
I'm sure the quote means what you all think it means, but it can be interpreted to mean the opposite without any stretching or twisting of logic. Books can be good or great, but also they can be bad or mediocre or average. That pretty much lists all major qualitative categories. We can further simplify this list by moving great to being a subcategory of good, and mediocre of average. That leaves three top level categories under which each and every novel is placed.
Examining the quote with this fact in agreement the books of Dostoevsky, are not in the good/great category, so they must therefore be either bad or average. It seems like a more defensible interpretation as "Some books are good or even great. All else is average at best like Dostoevsky" rather than "I've read good books an ever some great books, but Dostoevsky's books are super duper amazballs dude!"
@@trippmoore Interesting. But don't you think the mere fact that you had to write two paragraphs is already stretching? And the fact that you had to prove the opposite of "what everyone thinks it means" twisting of logic?
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Dostoevsky is a non-fictional writer
C+P is what got me into Dostoevsky.
Which is what got me into Russian literature.
Which got me into Russian language.
Which got me into studying, living and working in Russia.
Which got me into Russian history.
Which got me into publishing.
And that's where I am today.
The rabbit hole is deeper than you could possibly imagine.
Which got you to search up "crime and punishment" on RUclips
Which caused you to watch this video
Which caused you to leave that comment today.
О! По русски базарить умеешь?
I know how you feel. I read Dostoevsky and now I’m married to a Russian.
Badass. I love it.
Much much deeper
Excellent video essay. I read this book when I was 16. I was highly unmotivated by school and was flirting with Nihilism. The school librarian would enable me when I’d sneak out of class, but she recommended this book. I think it single-handedly changed/saved my life. I never considered myself capable of murdering a pawn broker, or anyone for that matter, but I had a dichotomy of feeling othered my entire life, and unfitting to the world, but also a huge ego that fueled all the negative and petty resentment and cynicism in me. I still battle that tendency to be a cynic, but I only think of Raskolnikov and Sonya, and the fact that Dostoyevsky actually dictated the novel to his wife, and I think, no, life is full of mundane wonders, the beauty of the mundane beats the false sense of grandeur that many chase.
Similar to how Zen tries to get people to see the infinite (and yet also nothingness) within the tea making ceremony.
This is a well crafted comment.
You write very well.
You should write a book.
just hit the gym bro
I had a VERY similar experience. Sometimes English teachers and librarians prescribe better treatment than psychiatrists
now that’s a comment
"A skeptic.
Young, abstract,
and therefore,
a Fool."
Every day I’m reminded of how little I know
I never heard any analysis so deep and clear as this. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas! I'll have you as an example of the teacher I one day want to be.
Thank you so much! That is very kind of you
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And so, you'll get there! You'll be a meaningful teacher, I'm sure of it ❤
Simple analysis are often shallow. Dont aspire to be shallow Just to be understood
This guy is underrated, he is absolutely amazing, soo much knowledge in this channel, keep posting mate
Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words
The siege map claps back after the rework
I wish I could say words like "mate," "bloody," etc. without sounding like a douch bag. Americans can't say those words
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@@F8LDragon2 And some can use My N*gg*, but only if you have at least one black friend. And not the guy who works in the mail room. he doesn't count. The one that you keep mentioning interesting facts to that you learned about the origin of the human species and the migration out of Africa from that one issue of National Geographic he personally delivered to your desk when it got lost behind the sorting table somehow and was late by 7 months. He's just being polite by saying "that's an interesting fact" every time you run into him in the break room and drop another one you read in that issue. He's not actually your friend, Kyle. You don't even know that his name is Montgomery, do you? That's why everyone calls him Monty. We told him you were on the spectrum when he asked us what your deal was that one time he asked if you were Russian because your last name ends in -sky after you said, out of the blue, that your three favorite authors were Angela Davis, Langston Hughes, and Dostoevsky, in that order. And you said "Technically we are all African, Lamont. That makes me cool like you, brother."
I guess I'm lucky to be able to read this book in russian. That's definitely hard to read it, but in fact, in Russia teens read it in school when they are about 17 years old... A little bit early to understand it completely, but still. Great book and it deserves being so well-known
Russian students read it for exams, so... They lose nothing (because they get nothing)
Yes I read it at 15 or 16 to prep for the SAT as a homeschooled student in the USA. These are thoughts that interested me while reading the book. It’s fascinating to reread it as a 30 year old parent and someone in the workplace in the society of western culture today.
I know Russian and I could barely read Dostoevsky, so I quit barely a few pages in. Recently though I started reading Seraphim Rose: life and works, in Russian (I absolutely reccomend it) and I could probably tackle Dostoevsky now
Good books should be re-read. Perhaps read it again when 40+.
Wait no bc i read it for fun when i was 12
Reading Crime and Punishment and Notes from underground I felt like Dostoevsky was pointing a finger at me and saying: you’re not as nice as you think you are, and you can actually be a pretty evil person. And boy he’s right.
The book was soo profoundly deep that i was struggling to get the ideas properly - starting with the very reason of Raskolnikov's act of murder.
But you answered all that i was missing in the very first line of this video.
Thank you. Now i realized how deep it is, way more than I had thought.
Dude u r definetly my best 2024's subscription so far!!
U reminded me of love for philosophy and reading.
Keep the great work young lad!!
Thank you! That means a lot!
You are way too underrated. You have some of the best philosophy videos ive watched on youtube and has opened my mind to many other philosophies that i would've never learned of without these videos. Much love!
Thank you! That’s really kind of you to say
I agree 100%
When i was reading this book i definitely learned more about myself than i wanted. i was literally isolating myself because i blamed myself for losing someone i held dear. the ideas brought up in this book struck me very bluntly as during the part where he is so stricken with grief he will not leave his room i was literally living that. also you said to bring up the parts you missed so i will offer my best analysis of my favorite character (also i just want to write it). Marmeladov is an amazing character and i really don’t know where to begin but to start we should talk about how his alcoholism affects his relationship with those around him. it causes him to burden both himself and his family and brings a great deal of punishment upon him both physical and mental. It is almost as if he hates himself so much that he wants to numb it with drink, but simultaneously his drink causes him to obtain more punishment, which justifies his hatred of himself with the opinion of his fellow man. i cant remember if i cried to this part specifically but i did cry over the book multiple times and this is one of the worst stories. if i remember correctly raskolnikov takes pity on him which shows us how viewing others and more specifically judging them, we can often gain insight about ourselves because raskolnikov also punishes himself and although their in different situations they feel much the same self loathing. love this channel do notes from the underground next.
Nice comment
Your analysis of Svidrigailov is absolutely fantastic.
Loved this. One of the things that struck me deeply about C&P is how Raskolnikov only ever thinks about the pawn broker when he feels immense guilt and never the broker's sister. The pawn broker was a nasty woman who took advantage of the poor and abused her sister. Her sister was a victim he was at least alluded to being a good person. He planned to kill the pawn broker for a specific reason and killed the sister in the heat of the moment. No one liked the pawn broker while Sonya knew and cared for the sister. Despite all this Raskolnikov only ever considered the pawn broker's murder. IMO because despite the greater loss of the sister to the world, the murder of the pawn broker was pre-meditated and was thus a greater crime.
good point! I find it one of the few aspects left to be desired for that this circumstance was not explored in the novel.
Yep. I also thought it was weird how he didn't feel bad about Lizaveta. It definitely would've made a greater impact if his guilt was explored further with that victim.
I read through the comments before watching the video and saw you giving responses to potential criticisms with an open mind. You're a young man with 67 long form videos--many of which appear aimed toward self-improvement--in no more than 11 months so I was skeptical, but you seem like a genuine and knowledgable content creator. After watching it, my opinion was unchanged. Nice work.
how did you come to reach this level of understanding at such a young age?
Might be a few people working on this channel and then he presents it to camera. Script writers knowledgeable in all these topics could write for him, but who knows. Good channel either way
It is just me for now, I’m afraid. And I don’t consider myself particularly good at understanding this sort of thing. I just apply the philosophy I know to my reading and hope that people find it helpful
as someone who enjoys engaging with the same concepts-- lots of reading is the answer 😂
Pain.
Learning philosophy and actually experiencing it are vastly different.
@@unsolicitedadvice9198you are being modest…. You have no idea how many times I’ve paused the video to process these
i'll never forget reading this book for the first time in sophomore year of HS-- the Svidrigailov POV section toward the end absolutely blew my mind (it still does tbh)
It’s such an amazing sequence
Shame I never touched anything close to that in HS my HS had a large immigrant community, I assume played a large part in why my English classes didn't take me much further than brad bury
@@nicholas4727 It's just a book, what are you on about?
@@pacemaker9483 some racist shit I think
I just finished reading this novel and whilst I definitely enjoyed it I don't think I fully grasped how good of a book it actually is until I watched your video. So thank you so much for making me appreciate this wonderful tittle even more!
my existence has been a mixture of both raskolnikov and the underground man for pretty much my entire life, in ways that reach so deeply into my soul that it felt like reading a mirror
i broke down in despair many times whilst reading both books
im just trying to get it all together again
thanks for this video
Christ is waiting for you
@@arnoldvezbon6131 been felling this more and more lately, still doubtful and crippled by my own mind
So.. who did you kill?
@@StRanGerManY😂
Keep up the grind! Your style and tone of speaking is great! Passionate and educative
Thank you! I’m really glad you are finding them helpful
Great and thoughtful analysis. What struck me was your comment on how reading the book both fascinated you and made you feel tired. It reminded me of Gabor Mate reaction to reading his mother’s diary as it talked about the time of his greatest trauma. Going beyond the content of the book, you might consider Jung’s ‘shadow’ to understand the why. Now, in my late 60s, I have come to see life as a quest to heal the wounded child. This makes a lot of strange behavior more understandable. Redemption is the resolution of that trauma, which often takes the form of accepting the love and connection we do crave and are afraid to accept lest we lose it again.
This is the best analysis of crime and punishment I've heard. Great work
You are an intelligent and strikingly beautiful young man. Your eyes reflect an intensity which I cannot fully understand. In a good way. Thank you for your hard work in producing these videos!
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I had a copy of the book and I finally read it because of this video. It was such a gift.
One line that really stood out to me is when Raskolnikov is confessing to Sonia and says “And you don't suppose that I went into it headlong like a fool? I went into it like a wise man, and that was just my destruction,” and I think it really shows the danger of Raskolnikov’s over-intellectualism with how he sees the world. His abstract nature, the thing that makes him a “wise man”, is what more than anything else destroys him because it causes the crime and guilt that leads to his suffering and isolation.
I'm halfway through the novel when I see this. The novel and this video hits home and brought me to tears. I cant thank you enough for your interpretation of the novel because I feel like it's explaining and elaborating more on what my mind feels when reading the novels that I dont quite understand myself. May all of us get the strength to strive for the better everyday.
Мы это в 10 классе читали
@@Играювхой4 lucky you, no mention of dostoevsky or anything in 23 years of my life.
@@Играювхой4do Russian schools strive to make their youth Nihilists?
@@Играювхой4reading and understanding are diffrent things. Crime and punishment is also a obligatory reading in poland but i wouldnt say that the people who read it just to pass the test really understood the meaning.
i usually don't watch really long videos... but damn I sat here watching this man for 46 minutes
The murder is so real , so terrifying I thought the author must have actually done it to to describe it so well...I was young ....it still haunts me somewhat...
I learn that once you do something,you cannot undo it ... sobering....but a great lesson!!
Subscribed!
I was talking to a group of Veterans about whether we would or could ever kill. I said that were my children threatened, there is nothing I would not do. An SAS Vet looked me in the eye and said no. You wouldn't. I have wondered ever since what he saw and what he thinks he knows about me. I'm sure "ordinary people" are capable of great evil when they convince themselves it is necessary. Of course there is no telling how much I'd torture myself with remorse after the event.
just look up
"how people think they will react to a knife attack"
then:
how ordinary people "actually respond to a knife attack.
any veteran knows, without training you'll just panic, freeze, puke, or cry ❤️
@@nannieA-d6x I froze and cried the 1st time someone pulled a gun on me. The 2nd time I was fine.
It just sounds like he was saying most people aren’t combat trained to actually successfully kill someone, let alone put up much resistance; not that killing always weighs especially heavily on the conscience.
@@GillfigGarstang TBH he might be right about my resolve as well. I just found out someone intentionally hurt me more than any event in my life and I've just walked away. Revenge just isn't for me. That said, if I had to protect my kids... no question.
@@almor2445The vet speaks with ego. Many SF guys develop a god complex. Programmed by the military to dismiss instinct and rely on skill. Don't be convinced. I think any man pushed to the limit will do what he must, especially to defend his family. Guys like that say you cannot. Because it makes them feel they are the special archetype protectors. Naturally to feel needed by society or deepen purpose. Planting seeds psychologically.
Я читав всі книгі Достоєвського і мені дуже цікавий Ваш погляд на його творчисть.
Дякую, було дуже цікаво!
Thank you! Glad you liked the video
Been subscribed to you for a while now and it brings me great joy that your channel is growing fast.
I wish more people were interested in what you have to say because I believe most of us can learn from your wise words. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us!
Don't mean to brag, but I read this book while on the run from the law.
Shut up about it and make those losers work to find you. Shut up my dude.
“Life imitates fiction”
Law isn't physical.
Reading while running is incredibly hard due to asymmetrical movement of the head and hands (that hold the book).
Calling cap.
@@biglollolincredibly hard ≠ impossible
You earned bragging rights ❤
English literature: I will die for Honor!
French literature: I will die for love!
American literature: I will die for Freedom!
Russian literature: I will die.
Yeah. I bet you heard about Russian literature inside Russia, when from 1st to 4th grade we read fairytales and surprisingly kind works and in 5th class we rush and turn on "Mu-mu", this is extremely sad and depressing book about suffering of deaf and silent poor man who drown his own beloved puppy because authority woman said...
Well, that's... Refreshing, to say the least.
I started reading Dostoyevsky after doing a study of the Crimean War for a Russian character I wanted to develop on my own project. I started with The Idiot and halfway through, it was clear to me that I was going to have to read everything that he wrote, not just for the historical perspective on Russian society in that era, but just for the sheer enjoyment of it. I am fascinated by the way he develops his simple, ordinary characters. He was not a battle-weary man of age himself when he did most of his writing - how did he understand us all so well? I was going to read Poor People next but I will take up Crime and Punishment instead, as interesting as your review here has been (many thanks for it!).
He was able to understand the human condition through the wisdom of Orthodox Christianity.
@@ishmael_03 hwo do you know that
@@YourEyes-wl8ke Because that is the lens he was using.
Fantastic work. This was a wonderful video to listen to while driving. Really gets the mind turning. Will be watching other videos due to my joy of this one.
Brother, the depths of this review is simply beautiful. A full lesson in itself. Thank you for your time and talent being shared with us!
Your storytelling and intricate examinations are other worldly, looking forward to binging more of these.
This was a profound analysis, I was enrapt for the full 46 minutes. Thank you for this.
We are all like Raskolnikov, in my opinion. Not because we are literal murderer, but because we are always striving to be something great or extraordinary. Our crime was believing that we are "superior" and destined for great things, and our punishment for that was losing our sanity trying to achieve it.
This is a fantastic review of the book, After I read the book I was looking for a good review, and finally found your video, As you said at the end of the video let me tell you about the part that took my attention,
There is a great theme of lack of self-esteem in the main character, that he believes he doesn't worth the love of others, and he rejects whenever he receives any, which adds to the value of the ending of the book.
I don’t usually leave comments but your level of clarity in these concepts is just stunning!
Thank you so much! I did work very hard on this video in particular
I chose to watch one of the videos of your channel on a whim, and now three videos down I've fallen into a rabbit hole that I can't seem to escape from. This is only the third video of yours that I've watched, but I also feel like it was the most profound and resonated with a lot of themes and moments in my life that I haven't yet fully comprehended. But have been given an insight to, simply from the sharing of your own experience and deductions.
Thankfully, the full book of Crime and Punishment is 100% free on Google and so it seems like I found myself with another good book to pour my time into. Genuinely thank you, I nearly shed a couple of tears at the end of your video with the amount of passion and care that you put into the topic
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Unable to extricate myself
This is too good. I found myself clapping midway the video, hats off!
You just made me realize how good, packed full of insights and relatable this novel actually is. Finished it today but I'll probably have to reread it to fully grasp it. Thank you!
Just finished about a week ago.
It is a truly magnificent title. Worth the read, by far.
I felt this is what Parental Guidance should really be like when watching hard to swallow content with just of Age child. Thanks for the analysis. I can now read the book in a different light.
For such a young person, this is the best and most insightful analysis I have encountered about crime snd Punishment BRAVO👏👏👍🙏
This analysis actually helped me. i do tend to think within abstract ways, so thank you. You helped me mentally by grounding me.
ahhhhh the one book in prison i did not have time to read. A lifer sentenced for murder had reccomended me the book and even lent it to me. He is now a free man now doing good things for the community at large.
I read C&P many years ago, but I vividly remember the visceral feelings of paranoia and dread that lingered even in between reading the book. I only caught glimpses of the redemption themes, so I'm grateful for the in-depth detailing. It expanded what was already one of the best books I've ever read.
Speaking at the proper pace , much appreciated.
My mother has been telling me to read this book for years. I now understand why. I am so glad that I have stumbled upon your video and thank you for taking such great care in presenting this book and its topics.
thanks for this, I have been struggling with finding meaning to my life. although I know how much I feel fulfilled from loving and caring for people, I have started to judge them for not caring back. I see their naivety and feel terrible for not being able to be unfiltered and truly open to them.
Wow you’ve managed to sum up what I feel when interacting with certain people in my life. Do you feel pity or pain for the naive ones as I do knowing that they’ll never be able to change ?
@@AvaniSingh-qv6rq right, they seem pitiful. its good to just love as much as u can and endure as much as u can before making the decision to stop. everything u do is okay, u can do what u want and u can feel what u feel.
also, change is not possible for everyone. u know how some people get super anxious about even going on trips, like they'd think up scenarios because they're afraid or just straight up refuse to go as its someplace they've never been to and danger stuff. not the perfect example, but sure people think a lot about things before attempting to change. they get scared of the unsure future, a lot when its supposed to be changed.
some people would stick to their jobs even facing mistreatment or ignoring their passion, they want life to be as it is, predictable. it gives a sense of hope and control. if they don't want to change, its alright, life is not a mathematical equation, there can't be one perfect solution for everyone.
haha felt nice to write whatever out
You are an extremely talented speaker; not everyone can grasp it as fluidly as you. The nonverbal gestures alongside your speech is something I never could obtain while taking oral-comm in college. My brain always goes out of sync when trying to combine the two. You'd be an excellent professor with that notion!
Man you have become my driving source in the past couple of weeks. Thank you
You really sold it to me and definitely going to pick this book up. I do think this book can have a deep impact on my life, im glad you made this video and that it appeared on my feed.
A passionate and brilliant presentation! thank you for your work Joseph
Well, after this magnificent presentation I have no choice but to read this book myself! I've never actually read any books by great philosophers so this will be my first. I might be about to jump into a big ol' rabbit hole. If nothing else, it looks like a fun one!
Goddamn dude, this is a great recap and discussion of the novel! You say you are not a historian, well I am, and I really appreciate your work and effort into this video
Ah thank you! I really appreciate it as this is definitely the video I have worked hardest on
I read this at the height of covid and hated raskolnikov, but kept thinking how contrived the book was rather than thinking about the message. Thank you for providing clarification
I want to point out something that I think Dostoyevsky wouldn’t want people to miss about the ending. At the end of the book when Raskolnikov confesses his love to Sonya he also converts to Christianity and stops being an atheist.
Holy shit, this is one of the most interesting and juicy discussions on philosophy I've ever heard and accessible (if it gets through my thick skull)
Great stuff, thank you! ❤
This is so well done. Thank you! I'm currently reading the book with my 18 and 14 year old sons and I'm excited to show your analysis after we're finished. We've had so many great discussions along the way and your analysis will be a great way to sum it all up!
I'm late to the party but thanks for the video.
My favorite part of the book has always been at the end when the MC reaches enlightenment through love.
Both of them are the lowest of the low (be it wealth, happiness, social standing, health or even intellect),
but in the depths of despair they find solace in each other (even if Sonya is the savior figure in that scene).
It's like when a beautiful flower blooms in a garbage dump. And it's presented as an earth shattering, transcendental moment. Just amazing.
Through most of his books I get the feeling that his characters are never in control and are just ants in a storm of events, but in that one moment, you could feel that both of them were freed from the constraints of the world.
And for anyone who hasn't read his books, you should, even though they are thick af, they are like movies with "over the top" characters and dialogues that are smart and sometimes funny, sometimes deep in meaning, and it keeps you wanting to read the next page.
your so intelligent! your understanding and the way you apply your knowledge is admirable. i wish to be able to do this one day. thank you for putting so much time into making this it was really interesting!
Your analysis is most insightful and thought provoking, thank you!
Now I have a glimpse into why Peterson practically warned against reading Dostoevsky. And that it's worthwhile for those who manage to get through it.
Peterson literally said "I would highly recommend that you read all 5 of his great novels." Quite the opposite of what you're saying here
@@sb2h I know he did but also cautioned it's not light reading. I didn't say he expressly said not to read it.
@@stevenwilliams1805 you said warned "against" reading it
@@sb2h you left out the word "practically" which implies he didn't actually say it. In other words it was my interpretation of what he said. We can debate that but it's pointless arguing what you think I said about what he said.
@@stevenwilliams1805 eh fair enough I guess. I think you should be a little more careful when sharing what another said though, not to put words in their mouths
I have read the book a year or two ago (I was about thirteen years old...) and after reading it, it seemed a bit like I had gotten as mad as Raskolnikov himself; I had just been in someone elses mind, as much as I am in my own mind - and maybe even deeper. It worked like some sort of warning, but at the same time a deep, genuine call to nuance, forgiveness and love. When I think again of it, like I regularly do, I can feel the truly twisted mind and just get dizzy.
This is what this teenager got from it. I should reread it. And maybe one more time. And one more. And...
If there is any 'best book of all time' (which there is not!), it will at least come very, very close.
You my friend are an extraordinary man! And seemingly humble to boot 👍🏼 looking forward to diving into some more of your content! Proud of yah bub
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I can't imagine the nihilism section as anything beyond old dostoevsky going "haha, i painted you as a soyjak" to some random nihilist he was beefing with at the time
At 25:50 you mention shame and suffering. Put those two together and what do you have? Guilt. She has much reason for guilt. Doing “what she must” to get by doesn’t alleviate her sense of doing that which she shouldn’t. Great video and keep it up.
This was a great analysis. My struggle with drugs had forced these ideas on me many times and this analysis allowed me to put an idea to the endless cycle of joy, suffering and boredom.
Amazing Video bro , your channel made me fall in love with philosophy and literature ❤❤❤
Thank you! I’m glad to have been helpful
This is really well written and delivered. Great work and great understanding of philosophy and literature.
Finished reading it today and The Karamazov Brothers is next!! Feeling intimidated already.
That is another fantastic one! I read it when I was younger but I have a re-read planned soon as I only remember the basic outline and a few key scenes
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Check Irene Nemirovsky and Mijail Bulgákov. Their biographies are quite tough too.
Thanks for the analysis ☺️
It's well worth the challenge. I had to silence my phone and put it aside to focus on it. I recommend doing that as long as you don't have major responsibilities when you do.
You cover all the people I love with a passion. I'm writing the final draft of a book on people who have influenced me: Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Jung, Tesla, and so many more. Thank you for all your lectures.
You've inspired me to read this book.
the most beautiful book review video ever in my life... eagerly waiting for the next one...
i am watching this video after reading the book...so i am thrilled.
Got into philosophy thanks to you. This is madly interesting and brings a new perspective to life. Currently reading notes from underground, will read crime and punishment next. Keep up the incredible work man!
Thank you so much! I’m really glad these videos are proving helpful
Haven't read a book in 2 years, after seeing a few of your videos i can't wait to go out and get several :))
4:45 I heard he hated Plato but admired Socrates. Then again aren't they virtually inseparable? I don't know.
Well done. I enjoy the format you chose as well and I hope you continue it. It has a very 'Cambridge Union Debate' feel to it. I truly quite enjoyed it.
I started Dostoevsky because someone recommended I try it to better understand myself. They were absolutely right, and the second order effect of self-reflection because of Dostoevsky's work is something I genuinely attribute to helping me grow as a person. The "feeling alone in a crowded room of people" feeling. Being aware that having intense disdain for people you perceive as lesser than you will lead to your downfall. The ability to love (in my case the birth of my daughter) completely changing my paradigm on interpersonal engagements.
The works of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and Dostoevsky I can't celebrate enough.
Please do The Brothers Karamazov. I will personally watch each one of your videos 20 times over.
New subscriber here. Your youth & eloquence are enviable.
I wish I had taken more interest in reading during my youth.
Better late than never, I suppose.
I've just binged a few Dostoyevsky related videos & will be back to this channel before bedtime tomorrow.
Thanks for the great content.
Wanted to join in praise for these videos that so adroitly analyze great literature & philosophy. In the past, I always found philosophy a tedious waste of time in spite of having many friends who tried to convince me otherwise. As a writer, however, your explanations of various philosophies through the use of literature has opened my eyes to the fascinating world of philosophy.
ngl regurgitating this guys videos and opinions made me look 17x smarter than I actually am last night. 6/5 would recommend
Thank you SO much for this. Fantastic analysis of an amazing book
Loved your share on the “superior” believing kids at Cambridge and how their lives turned out as a result of them trying to actualize their fantasy of themselves. 👍
I love listening to these videos. You have a fantastic speaking voice that takes me on a journey through the most important questions and forces me to reflect on myself and everyone around me. I enjoy my one sided discussions with you where you present something in a way that allows me to wonder about things I felt but could never put a name to. You are so eloquent and good at what you do here. If you released a book that was just your thoughts on literature, philosophers etc in relation to your own life, I would really enjoy that. Your understanding of all of these subjects and people will make you a good leader in your home and the community. I could pick your brain for hours! Congratulations on finding your calling by giving the gift of these videos to random scrollers online.
Bro's actually gonna get me to read books again
Haha! Thank you!
An absolutely fantastic exploration of multiple psychological modes, and their consequence! Thank you for sharing your perspectives and insights.
Just sell the goods, give the money to charity, and then retire in Thailand. He would have been fine.
Did...did you watch the video?
I am a second year bachelor student of geography, but more and more I am confronted with a vague feeling that I have taken a wrong path in my studies, this feeling is now almost undeniable. I got into dostoyevsky after reading a book by a Dutch columnist on dostoyevsky and his critique on european societies and his view of russian orthodox Christianity as being superior and the path of life which leads to self fulfillment and the least amount of unneeded suffering. Your videos, especially your debunks of dostoyevsky, help me understand that I want to commit myself to philosophy and start a new traject of studying it!! Thank you!
I have read Dostoevski and I admire him for many reasons. He's one of the greatest writers in History. He's a humanist besides being a religious person and he was ahead of psychology describing narcissistic, psychopathic disorders along with empathetic characters such as Sonia who, in my opinion, she suffers from a shame inherited by her upbringing and later from her own shame brought by prostituting herself as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Demons and Karamazov brothers are great novels too.
There is another great Ucranian writer, Irene Nemirovsky (The dance, The Dogs and the Wolves).
Mijail Bulgákov (The Master and Marguerite and Dog's Heart) is brilliant too.
Russian writers topics are always related to love and hatred and as a society there are the eternal question: what to do?
Dostoevsky wasn't a humanist, he was an Orthodox Christian. He was against Western ideology, theology and anthropology.
Such charisma in your words brother!
Thank you very much for your content . Gentlemen this is the video to watch more than once or twice to thoroughly absorb the knowledge he has provided.
"‘It’s late, it’s time to go! I am going at once to give myself up. But I don’t know why I am going to give myself up.’
Big tears fell down her cheeks.
‘You are crying, sister, but can you hold out your hand to me?’
‘You doubted it?’ She threw her arms round him.
‘Aren’t you half expiating your crime by facing the suffering?’ she cried, holding him close and kissing him.
‘Crime? What crime?’ he cried in sudden fury. ‘That I killed a vile noxious insect, an old pawnbroker woman, of use to no one!… Killing her was atonement for forty sins.
She was sucking the life out of poor people. Was that NOT a crime? I am not thinking of it and I am not thinking of expiating it, and why are you all rubbing it in on all sides?
‘A crime! a crime!’ Only now I see clearly the imbecility of my cowardice, now that I have decided to face this superfluous disgrace. It’s simply because I am contemptible and have nothing in me that I have decided to, perhaps too for my advantage, as that… Porfiry… suggested!’
‘Brother, brother, what are you saying? Why, you have shed blood?’ cried Dounia in despair.
‘Which all men shed,’ he put in almost frantically, ‘which flows and has always flowed in streams, which is spilt like champagne, and for which men are crowned in the Capitol and are called afterwards benefactors of mankind. Look into it more carefully and understand it! I too wanted to do good to men and would have done hundreds, thousands of good deeds to make up for that one piece of stupidity, not stupidity even, simply clumsiness, for the idea was by no means so stupid as it seems now that it has failed…. (Everything seems stupid when it fails.) By that stupidity I only wanted to put myself into an independent position, to take the first step, to obtain means, and then everything would have been smoothed over by benefits immeasurable in comparison….
But I… I couldn’t carry out even the first step, because I am contemptible, that’s what’s the matter!
And yet I won’t look at it as you do. If I had succeeded I should have been crowned with glory, but now I’m trapped.’"
Thanks to mandatory school readings, this masterpiece fell on my hands. And I must say, it really became responsible for the flurry of thoughts, culprit of many restless nights that followed. It's a wonderfully paced masterpiece that grabs your attention for no songle particular reason, but thanks to its power to allow little characters to manifest great things. Crime and Punishment is quite a read, and I highly encourage everyone to read it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky could have written a more believable person and not just a character, if only he had used psychedelics.