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Myshkin seems to not have reflected on his kindness effects along the way, rather was drawn to be a martyr for his beliefs, therefore propelled by his self-centered super ego. Which lacks honesty and environmental awareness, of simplifying ones modus operandi, it seems he could have maneuvered with honesty and learning how those particular games were played. my opinion/take. Well done and great video.
"nice guy" is just appearance. Kindness doesn't need to appear nice. Like parents who put up boundries for their children acting out of care and not tyranny.
If you look up the definition of nice, it is to basically be foolish. I have been too nice many times in my life to my own detriment. And a friend showed the definition to me. I'm still kind, but I'm more wise about it and not just thinking of others. So many bad things will happen to you when you're this way. Because most are the opposite. Doesn't turn out well...
I love how you mentioned that reading "The Idiot" made you kinder. That's the same thing that happend to me. Myshkins beauty is truly transformative! I find it amazing how persuasive Dostoevsky is. He convinces less with arguments than with beauty.
Yes man i totally agree with you eve though i have not red The Idiot. Crime and punishment and Karamazov Brothers were truly transformative for me. There are so many lessons to be learned by Dostoyevski.
I think about a quote in mind that seems fitting to the question that Dostoevsky raises. "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said". - Voltaire
Yeah. even if everything blows up in your face, if you really did do your best to do the right by people, as you understood it. I think that's really worth something.
@@zb5902 I want to be the best me that I can be but I really believe that the really bad people in society are a minority in terms of percentage and statistics.And I would never like to be like them
@kokomanation all you need to do is become smarter. Theres no need to stop being nice, or kind to others. Simply if people try to manipulate you, dont let them. Catch them beforehand. Be careful of who you trust. Etc. Its just like with romantic relationships. If 10 relationships fail and you got your heartbroken cheated on etc you need to change your approach and start looking for the right people and truly observing others. Not falling for a facade. Be smarter, more observing, and critical of others. Find those worthy of your kindness and dont just hand it out to anyone, and always be willing to take it away from those who abuse it.
59:40 This reminded me: I used to know someone that preached kindness, love, and "the positive side of things," but that never gave me hope, for I knew those ideas came from hiding a deep rooted pain instead of growing with it. All that kindness crumbled from time to time and I couldn't blame him, he was just trying his best to cope with life.
I am actually glad that you announced you were making this in your last video. It gave me motivation to finish the book, as at that time I was on page 520 and there was 40 more pages that I finished just in time before this video released
@@DC1_this might be controversial, but I’d actually recommend White Nights first! After The Idiot, you should read Demons. I don’t have a strong opinion on the chronology of all his other writings. There’s different opinions on this, but that’s the order I wish I read them in
The sentence: “viewing ourselves through the eyes of other people” really hit me, because I experience it to be true almost under any circumstances in my current life. To many things of our behavior are controlled by valuation and values implied by others, that’s also why the global mainstream only grows thicker and thicker roots over time
I think I'm slightly autistic, so I really identified with the Idiot when I read it. Like the protagonist, I could never really understand it when people weren't just honest about their feelings, motivations, and intentions. I had to learn that people go to great lengths to craft their public perception.
What does that have to do with autism then? I don’t understand the diagnosis of autism. It seems like to me, being a good person is pathologized and called a literal disorder. What is that saying if being a good person is considered a disorder ??
my family was saved during finnish civil war 1918, only because only manor house worker came to warn my great grand parents that the russian backed red rebel army is approaching...he did this only because the manor owners had threated him and all the workers well. so kindness sometimes can save your life.
That scenario was common after the American Civil War.....Golden Rule slave owners, and there were some, were not abandoned because they never sold off family members at all. Their slaves stayed to bring in the harvest of 1865 and remained on what they thought as home. Most stayed as hired workers. The cruel plantations of the deep south were abandoned and left to rot and the northern syndicates that owned them tanked.
As i recently got into Dostoevsky, i've been watching several video breakdowns and analysis: yours are by far the most intellectually honest, philosophically rich and thought provoking i've encountered so far. Keep up the good works, you've got a new subscriber.
I read "the idiot" years ago. This amazing video essay has shown me I need to re-read it. The way you deliver your interpretations explain themes in the book I didn't catch when I had read it. This video is amazing, and I will definitely re-watch it so the information can sink in more Thanks for the amazing video!
There is nothing I want more than to listen to you dig into this for the next hour but I'm currently reading The Idiot and I want my interpretation to be my own. I will be back to listen and share my own insights!
The gain of being 'good/kind' is the inner world. They are rarely seperable, and as we spend the vast majority of our personal existence with ourselves, being good/kind makes existance way more pleasant than the material trappings of being an asshole.
As someone who never got to read these books (Ironically, I was named after one of the Karamazov brothers, according to my mum), these kinds of videos are a priceless window into understanding these classics of world literature - thank you!
I do think there is an aspect of Myshkin you are overlooking, I do believe (and I am a big fan of Dostoyevsky and am a Russian speaker) that the author had more than the “beautiful man who becomes ruined by society despite his kindness” narrative in the novel, there is another level to the character and the message there to find. When it comes to Myshkin and his kindness and inability to really understand how to operate within society, the message I can read between the lines is - Myshkin still is responsible, no matter his lack of skill (which isn’t exactly just his fault, he was kept away from society because of his illness and just his past as it is) to be a part of society, for his actions within that society. And he makes a lot of grave and tragic mistakes and isn’t free from responsibility despite the fact that it is not fully only his fault that he is not exactly able to operate in the society in ways as it is expected or “right” or “good”.
I got to that part now and I have to say I disagree that it is a Machiavellian view of The Idiot, there is this cultural level of understanding within Russian culture where “the idiot” is the person who isn’t aware of his own self, which often Myshkin falls into like a pit, which isn’t what he brings about on his own, I think this is where the genius of Dostoyevsky shines for me - the idea of “good” isn’t as simple and clear as just “kindness”, it is much deeper than that. It’s a very interesting view on “goodness”, much more evolved than thinkers of the same time wrote about in literature in other parts of the world. It’s a longer conversation that doesn’t work out in comments. :)
I wonder what would happen if Dostoyevsky added another „good” character to the book to even out the scales. Because the presence of evil and hopelessness is more than evident within the set of characters we are given.
It also seemed to be highly autobiographic and he project a lot of himself, because he was that kind of guy. He even worlked endlessy to work off a relatives debt, because thats the person Dostoyecsky does. He even came in conflict twice and getting banned despinte no revolutionary intentions whatever. So he kinda talks about himself and society and how its still worth, and given he had the funeral of a king, yeah that had an effect.
Great job in summing up a very complicated book! I also found the best part of the book to be the way it makes you reassess what the good and loving thing to do is in various situations. Is it good that the Prince knowingly allows himself to be scammed? Is it good to offer your whole life to rescue a person you have just met from their own self destruction? My second favorite part is Dostoevsky's honesty in how this view of what love is plays out in the real world. I think this honesty is what for me reveals one of the most important conclusions The Idiot displays about what perfect love must be, though I'm not sure if it was intended or not. That is that perfect love cannot bow to the demands of what others want it to be. For example, it was perfect self sacrificing love when the Prince offered to marry Nastasia, but it was not good to cater to Nastasia's whims when it meant causing harm to others with full knowledge that it would not ultimately save Nastasia either. The person being loved is the one that needs to surrender, giving themself up to being changed by love. It doesn't work the other way around. Perfect love could be offered to Nastasia, but as soon as the prince allowed his love to be driven by her demands it started delivering corrupt results, practically transforming into hate toward others. There are a lot of implications tied up in this, not just for how we offer love to others, but also how we accept love ourselves. How often do we imagine that it would be good for love to contort itself to our corrupt demands?
You are the only RUclipsr for which I can click a video that I’m not really interested in but I still stay till the end. Your “worst” videos are still so far and above regular RUclips. Thank you for sharing knowledge in this age of stupidity
So many people claim to hold Jesus Christ in such high admiration, yet almost never will you meet someone who practices the sort of radical forgiveness and radical generosity that he wanted people to practice.
I think most people generally fail to understand what forgiveness as a whole really means spiritually, and why Jesus internalizing humanities sin and us being forgiven for it, is a huge thing (for baptists at least...)
His writing was in many ways in direct conflict with Nietzsche's verdict of humanity, but yet he was among a very few people that Nietzsche truly admired.
“If the man who lays down his life for his friends is cherished by god above all, how much nobler must it be, to lay down ones soul for all of mankind” -Me 2024 as I sit on the toilet watching this video
yes, Dostoyevsky is real genius in getting inside human soul and shatter it from inside. Question is if one needs to read him? It does not make you better, it sends you into depression and pessimism
David Graeber pointed out that caring people are almost universally exploited and underpaid. Nurses, teachers, care workers etc. are pushed to work theough guilt, while others peofit.
Interesting to note: The Idiot can be read as an autistic man back when we didn't know much about neurodivergence. A lot of autistic people see themselves in this character, just like him, we've had our kindness/ignorance of social rules exploited and abused.
What a fantastic video and analysis. I just finished the idiot on Thursday and wasn't certain what way I felt. Initially I was deflated, taking a more pessismistic view towards the lessons of the novel. Very glad to hear your take and that of the authors you referenced. Thanks for the upload and look forward to future ones!
I read the Idiot a couple of years ago and this was a wonderful way of revisiting it's themes and subjects. I applaud presentation and the insight you gave me through the different lenses of analysis.
You made this hour fly by! I got to finish my tea to this long video. Your idea of each character representing a type of love makes a lot of sense. I never thought of it that way before. It's interesting that Dostoyevsky titled it The Idiot, like he knew what the world would think of Prince Myshkin.
Really amazing video mate- really helped me unlock the power of the novel- I felt lost at times and that things were going over my head so immensely grateful this video coincided with me finishing The Idiot
Finally caved in and clicked on one of your videos, youtube has been lambasting me an my feed with your content. Guess i shouldve done so sooner, love me some Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for criticizing the state. He would spend four years in a Siberian Gulag awaiting his execution, which was reprieved at the last moment. He later wrote that he read "Don Quixote" once a year to help keep is faith in humanity. I have never read or heard higher praise for a any written work outside of the theological. Cervante's novel, on the surface, appears to be about an old fool who does not see the world for what it is. What it is really about is the human spirit. As Cicero wrote... "The Spirit is the true self, not our mortal form".
Something makes me think that you cannot simply be yourself and stay alive at the same time because of some people's inability to understand the gravity of their actions which doesn't relieve them from social norms at the same time
Such a fantastic video and amazing way of explaining. Beautifully written and spoken by you, I’m sure you worked really hard to make this video. I watched the entire thing in one sitting and it really warms my heart. ❤️ Thank you
I haven't watched this video yet, just clicked onto it. But I just have to say, I get excited as hell every time I see a new one of your FD videos. FD is my favorite author by miles, and there is a severe scarcity of discussion to be found on the internet. It makes me so happy to see more people discussing him. Edit: You should be teaching some kind of university literature classes. You have a talent.
This video taught me so much, I'm gonna rewatch it many many times in the future, Specially after I find the time to actually read the 'Idiot'. Thank you man❤. Thank you♥️.
As a giving person I am aware that some people take advantage of that, but usually I tend to think that they are people that are in extreme need. It doesn't make me less happy when takers take, but it doesn't make them more happy. So therefore I handle this with laying down my boundaries with love and care.
I watched the video twice….. it’s one of those that you wished you could leave something more than a like… i’m an idiot as well… and life just keeps hurting me… I’ll probably end mad as well, but I don’t know how to live another way… i can only hope that someday… some of my sacrifices will have some good outcome… thank you for your hard work and for a great presentation
I've had some peoples actions and some of my own weighing in my head for years, and especially when I'd see "bad" deeds go unpunished or see "good" deeds punished doubly, after this hour it feels lighter thanks. I wouldn't have known there's a whole book about this if not for your channel, my phone tried to distract me multiple times but I couldn't keep looking at it while hearing something that sounded like my inner monologue at times. I'm new to philosophy but I'll keep coming back.
Ahahah, my last gf was too kind She would help people that were going through a tough time even though she was having a horrible one By the time I got to her It was a bit late, I tried doing damage control, but her best friend offed themselves and blamed her. She isolated herself and cutted me off from her life I tried to reach out but It was useless. Truly, I loved that "idiocy" as Dostoevsky says
I need to read this now. I do believe it's possible to be kind with wisdom, to treat everyone with dignity and decency. Yet, being a savior is most of the times is not a kindness. I believe it takes practice and mistakes to learn effective kindness without compromising your principles.
I've planned on reading The idiot for quite sometime but didnt get the chance. I feel like its one of the few "popular" books that I can empathize with. thank you for the video
Weird as it is, this is by far my favourite novel of Dostoevsky's and yes, it was worth it.. also makes me like pieter bruegel's painting of the same that bit more aha. I used to read his on the train, or street regularly.. love it
I help people sometimes but i will NEVER turn my back on them and give them a chance to betray me. Even if they DO betray me,i will not care because my trust towards others was always low. Even toward my own family. Expect NOTHING from others people and take care of yourself first.
This was fantastic! I think the story of Jesus is the story of what will happen to anyone that lives like he did. It may not be crucifixion but you will pay a huge price, like insanity. To me it’s the entire point of the story of Jesus - to shine a light on this aspect of the human experience. The New Testament was the first No Exit. I’m not religious but the story of Jesus fascinates me.
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Hey, are you interested in learning Russian? I'm a Russian speaker and I think more people should learn it especially to read books like Dostoevsky
Myshkin seems to not have reflected on his kindness effects along the way, rather was drawn to be a martyr for his beliefs, therefore propelled by his self-centered super ego. Which lacks honesty and environmental awareness, of simplifying ones modus operandi, it seems he could have maneuvered with honesty and learning how those particular games were played. my opinion/take. Well done and great video.
the Romans believed hedonism was the only reason we exist
“Be a goldfish, Mischkin. Be a goldfish.” Ted Lasso
Nice guys finish last. But truly kind people don’t need to start or finish, they can just enjoy other people for the people they are.
"nice guy" is just appearance. Kindness doesn't need to appear nice. Like parents who put up boundries for their children acting out of care and not tyranny.
Nice doesn't mean good.... Cinema therapy on the movie megamind explains it well
If you look up the definition of nice, it is to basically be foolish. I have been too nice many times in my life to my own detriment. And a friend showed the definition to me. I'm still kind, but I'm more wise about it and not just thinking of others. So many bad things will happen to you when you're this way. Because most are the opposite. Doesn't turn out well...
but people are... ick
The real question is how much of that is from female selection.
WE MAKIN IT OUT OF THE ASYLUM AND GOING BACK IN WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
Haha! A quick trip to Switzerland
I love how you mentioned that reading "The Idiot" made you kinder. That's the same thing that happend to me. Myshkins beauty is truly transformative! I find it amazing how persuasive Dostoevsky is. He convinces less with arguments than with beauty.
Yes man i totally agree with you eve though i have not red The Idiot. Crime and punishment and Karamazov Brothers were truly transformative for me. There are so many lessons to be learned by Dostoyevski.
Why not learn from the teacher Dostoevsky himself was taught by? @@ПетърВасилев-в4ы
For some reason your "have a wonderful day" seems actually genuine and not just a closing statement! I hope your day is even better!
It’s the accent. lol jk
have a wonderful day
@@jaughnekowhave a day. Fair to middling. Meddlin middles
Respect to those who watched till the end and understood
I think about a quote in mind that seems fitting to the question that Dostoevsky raises.
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said". - Voltaire
Autism and Gamers getting oppressed
Well I had plans…until unsolicited advice dropped a 1 hour long Dostoyevski video.
Haha! It is a long one today
@@unsolicitedadvice9198 Really enjoy the videos, high quality content. Keep it up!
If this were how university professors taught literature and philosophy, then students would actually want to attend.
he's my unofficial long term professor at this point
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I prefer being a nice person more than all the benefits in the world .There is beauty in morality
You will be challenged. Try to remember this.
Yeah. even if everything blows up in your face, if you really did do your best to do the right by people, as you understood it. I think that's really worth something.
@@zb5902 I want to be the best me that I can be but I really believe that the really bad people in society are a minority in terms of percentage and statistics.And I would never like to be like them
@kokomanation all you need to do is become smarter. Theres no need to stop being nice, or kind to others. Simply if people try to manipulate you, dont let them. Catch them beforehand. Be careful of who you trust. Etc. Its just like with romantic relationships. If 10 relationships fail and you got your heartbroken cheated on etc you need to change your approach and start looking for the right people and truly observing others. Not falling for a facade.
Be smarter, more observing, and critical of others. Find those worthy of your kindness and dont just hand it out to anyone, and always be willing to take it away from those who abuse it.
I like this
I would not want to be exploited but still try to be nice@@WorldKeepsSpinnin
59:40 This reminded me:
I used to know someone that preached kindness, love, and "the positive side of things," but that never gave me hope, for I knew those ideas came from hiding a deep rooted pain instead of growing with it.
All that kindness crumbled from time to time and I couldn't blame him, he was just trying his best to cope with life.
I am actually glad that you announced you were making this in your last video. It gave me motivation to finish the book, as at that time I was on page 520 and there was 40 more pages that I finished just in time before this video released
How was the book?
@@sambhavkapoor26 Great book and an important read if you re a "nice guy"
kindness, even when taken advantage of, is still worth having.
I just watched this in one sitting. God, my brain feels happy and my heart soothed. Always love your dostoyevsky analysis videos.
Just finished reading Crime and Punishment and found it very rich, do you recommend this as my next read ?
@@DC1_this might be controversial, but I’d actually recommend White Nights first! After The Idiot, you should read Demons. I don’t have a strong opinion on the chronology of all his other writings. There’s different opinions on this, but that’s the order I wish I read them in
The sentence: “viewing ourselves through the eyes of other people” really hit me, because I experience it to be true almost under any circumstances in my current life. To many things of our behavior are controlled by valuation and values implied by others, that’s also why the global mainstream only grows thicker and thicker roots over time
I think I'm slightly autistic, so I really identified with the Idiot when I read it. Like the protagonist, I could never really understand it when people weren't just honest about their feelings, motivations, and intentions. I had to learn that people go to great lengths to craft their public perception.
There really are times and places were honesty and genuineness are not acceptable and you will have put in an act for some circumstances.
What does that have to do with autism then? I don’t understand the diagnosis of autism. It seems like to me, being a good person is pathologized and called a literal disorder. What is that saying if being a good person is considered a disorder ??
my family was saved during finnish civil war 1918, only because only manor house worker came to warn my great grand parents that the russian backed red rebel army is approaching...he did this only because the manor owners had threated him and all the workers well. so kindness sometimes can save your life.
That scenario was common after the American Civil War.....Golden Rule slave owners, and there were some, were not abandoned because they never sold off family members at all. Their slaves stayed to bring in the harvest of 1865 and remained on what they thought as home. Most stayed as hired workers. The cruel plantations of the deep south were abandoned and left to rot and the northern syndicates that owned them tanked.
@@DeannaClark-oo9ut kindness is more important thing than anyone can imagine.
As i recently got into Dostoevsky, i've been watching several video breakdowns and analysis: yours are by far the most intellectually honest, philosophically rich and thought provoking i've encountered so far. Keep up the good works, you've got a new subscriber.
I read "the idiot" years ago. This amazing video essay has shown me I need to re-read it.
The way you deliver your interpretations explain themes in the book I didn't catch when I had read it.
This video is amazing, and I will definitely re-watch it so the information can sink in more
Thanks for the amazing video!
There is nothing I want more than to listen to you dig into this for the next hour but I'm currently reading The Idiot and I want my interpretation to be my own. I will be back to listen and share my own insights!
I had the same issue. I've finally finished it, so I'm watching the video now, haha.
The gain of being 'good/kind' is the inner world. They are rarely seperable, and as we spend the vast majority of our personal existence with ourselves, being good/kind makes existance way more pleasant than the material trappings of being an asshole.
I'm so happy i came across this! it's best when unsolicited advice uploads on Dostoevsky
As someone who never got to read these books (Ironically, I was named after one of the Karamazov brothers, according to my mum), these kinds of videos are a priceless window into understanding these classics of world literature - thank you!
Alexey is a nice name
I do think there is an aspect of Myshkin you are overlooking, I do believe (and I am a big fan of Dostoyevsky and am a Russian speaker) that the author had more than the “beautiful man who becomes ruined by society despite his kindness” narrative in the novel, there is another level to the character and the message there to find. When it comes to Myshkin and his kindness and inability to really understand how to operate within society, the message I can read between the lines is - Myshkin still is responsible, no matter his lack of skill (which isn’t exactly just his fault, he was kept away from society because of his illness and just his past as it is) to be a part of society, for his actions within that society. And he makes a lot of grave and tragic mistakes and isn’t free from responsibility despite the fact that it is not fully only his fault that he is not exactly able to operate in the society in ways as it is expected or “right” or “good”.
Oh I definitely agree that there is an aspect of that as well - I touch upon it a lot more later in the video :)
I got to that part now and I have to say I disagree that it is a Machiavellian view of The Idiot, there is this cultural level of understanding within Russian culture where “the idiot” is the person who isn’t aware of his own self, which often Myshkin falls into like a pit, which isn’t what he brings about on his own, I think this is where the genius of Dostoyevsky shines for me - the idea of “good” isn’t as simple and clear as just “kindness”, it is much deeper than that. It’s a very interesting view on “goodness”, much more evolved than thinkers of the same time wrote about in literature in other parts of the world. It’s a longer conversation that doesn’t work out in comments. :)
I wonder what would happen if Dostoyevsky added another „good” character to the book to even out the scales. Because the presence of evil and hopelessness is more than evident within the set of characters we are given.
It also seemed to be highly autobiographic and he project a lot of himself, because he was that kind of guy. He even worlked endlessy to work off a relatives debt, because thats the person Dostoyecsky does. He even came in conflict twice and getting banned despinte no revolutionary intentions whatever.
So he kinda talks about himself and society and how its still worth, and given he had the funeral of a king, yeah that had an effect.
Great job in summing up a very complicated book! I also found the best part of the book to be the way it makes you reassess what the good and loving thing to do is in various situations. Is it good that the Prince knowingly allows himself to be scammed? Is it good to offer your whole life to rescue a person you have just met from their own self destruction?
My second favorite part is Dostoevsky's honesty in how this view of what love is plays out in the real world. I think this honesty is what for me reveals one of the most important conclusions The Idiot displays about what perfect love must be, though I'm not sure if it was intended or not. That is that perfect love cannot bow to the demands of what others want it to be. For example, it was perfect self sacrificing love when the Prince offered to marry Nastasia, but it was not good to cater to Nastasia's whims when it meant causing harm to others with full knowledge that it would not ultimately save Nastasia either. The person being loved is the one that needs to surrender, giving themself up to being changed by love. It doesn't work the other way around. Perfect love could be offered to Nastasia, but as soon as the prince allowed his love to be driven by her demands it started delivering corrupt results, practically transforming into hate toward others. There are a lot of implications tied up in this, not just for how we offer love to others, but also how we accept love ourselves. How often do we imagine that it would be good for love to contort itself to our corrupt demands?
Yea narratively I found it a bit messy and labyrinthine. It held together well Thematically though
An hour-long video of unsolicited advice is such a treat. It's uncanny how nearly all of the topics he covered apply to my life in some way.
just to say I respect the amount of work you put into your videos
You are the only RUclipsr for which I can click a video that I’m not really interested in but I still stay till the end. Your “worst” videos are still so far and above regular RUclips. Thank you for sharing knowledge in this age of stupidity
So many people claim to hold Jesus Christ in such high admiration, yet almost never will you meet someone who practices the sort of radical forgiveness and radical generosity that he wanted people to practice.
Real
We are literally chasing perfection as we try to be like Jesus. All too often we fall short and need to make changes
I think most people generally fail to understand what forgiveness as a whole really means spiritually, and why Jesus internalizing humanities sin and us being forgiven for it, is a huge thing (for baptists at least...)
“Even your Buddha and your Christ had quite a different vision, but nobody’s paid much attention to them. Not even the Bhuddists or the Christians.”
Isn’t that the whole point of Christian doctrine?
@@willytv3067yeah most Christians don't even try though
No good deed goes unpunished
i read the title as "why guys finish fast" 💀
Lol. Now that's funny 😂
goodness
😂😂😂
This is so premature
More anti-Christian nonsense. So be a boar and see where that gets you; kicked out of most places I would imagine.
Great video! I’m thankful to you for your content.
"Only the strong go crazy, the weak just go along" - Assata
I love Dostoevsky!!! I just finished his book white nights....shit broke my damn soul
His writing was in many ways in direct conflict with Nietzsche's verdict of humanity, but yet he was among a very few people that Nietzsche truly admired.
“If the man who lays down his life for his friends is cherished by god above all, how much nobler must it be, to lay down ones soul for all of mankind”
-Me 2024 as I sit on the toilet watching this video
...enter in stage left: Jesus, the Christ.
The best timing I finished this novel a week ago! Amazing analysis brother
Congratulations on making this massive video. Must have been a lot of hard work.
Dostoevsky is truly a divine inspiration.
I live for these longer videos! Really appreciate the fresh perspective on these books and meanings
mannn i just know in the future hundreds of years from now people will look back at your videos in awe
I can’t begin to express how much I love this channel. Brilliant.
I love this channel. Thank you for your continuous work to upload to RUclips so I can enjoy❤
Ah thank you for watching them!
Yes. Look at all this work we got in a 1 hour vid. Amazingly researched and well read.
Always enjoying your videos, it feels like I am listening to a dear friend breaking down deep philosophical topics. Keep it going please!
Brilliant and I've been reading Dostoyevsky for 50 years my favorite author and yours is the truest most geniuine interpretation
yes, Dostoyevsky is real genius in getting inside human soul and shatter it from inside. Question is if one needs to read him? It does not make you better, it sends you into depression and pessimism
Perfect timing I just finished reading this book and am broken
Oh the ending hits like a ton of bricks
David Graeber pointed out that caring people are almost universally exploited and underpaid. Nurses, teachers, care workers etc. are pushed to work theough guilt, while others peofit.
thank you for the subtitles beaucause i try to up level my english and try to dvp myself through your video, thank you for your hard work
Interesting to note: The Idiot can be read as an autistic man back when we didn't know much about neurodivergence. A lot of autistic people see themselves in this character, just like him, we've had our kindness/ignorance of social rules exploited and abused.
If you’re gonna be nice you gotta be tough
One of the best videos I have ever watched
What a fantastic video and analysis. I just finished the idiot on Thursday and wasn't certain what way I felt. Initially I was deflated, taking a more pessismistic view towards the lessons of the novel. Very glad to hear your take and that of the authors you referenced. Thanks for the upload and look forward to future ones!
I think I cried a little bit somewhere in the middle watching this cuz of how touching to me the ideas were. Loved the vid!
I read the Idiot a couple of years ago and this was a wonderful way of revisiting it's themes and subjects. I applaud presentation and the insight you gave me through the different lenses of analysis.
This is truly incredible. The highest form of modern art and thank you for your work.
You made this hour fly by! I got to finish my tea to this long video.
Your idea of each character representing a type of love makes a lot of sense. I never thought of it that way before. It's interesting that Dostoyevsky titled it The Idiot, like he knew what the world would think of Prince Myshkin.
I can’t elaborate on how much I needed to see this. Been a tough week
Bro, over an hour?
*makes tea and settles in*
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You dropped so many seeds of truth in this one, Joe. It was excellent. 🍉✌️
Really amazing video mate- really helped me unlock the power of the novel- I felt lost at times and that things were going over my head so immensely grateful this video coincided with me finishing The Idiot
What a lovely analysis ❤. Smart, insightful and touching, all at the same time 👏👏👏👏🩷🩷🩷
Your channel is so informative, passionate, and comforting. Thank you for all your hard work! 😊❤
Finally caved in and clicked on one of your videos, youtube has been lambasting me an my feed with your content. Guess i shouldve done so sooner, love me some Dostoevsky
You’ve quickly become my favourite RUclips content creator upon discovery, profound respect. Very insightful videos!
Dostoevsky was sentenced to death for criticizing the state. He would spend four years in a Siberian Gulag awaiting his execution, which was reprieved at the last moment. He later wrote that he read "Don Quixote" once a year to help keep is faith in humanity. I have never read or heard higher praise for a any written work outside of the theological. Cervante's novel, on the surface, appears to be about an old fool who does not see the world for what it is. What it is really about is the human spirit. As Cicero wrote... "The Spirit is the true self, not our mortal form".
with this video i just remembered a quote you mentioned before: "Can you ever trust a weak man?"
Something makes me think that you cannot simply be yourself and stay alive at the same time because of some people's inability to understand the gravity of their actions which doesn't relieve them from social norms at the same time
Such a fantastic video and amazing way of explaining.
Beautifully written and spoken by you, I’m sure you worked really hard to make this video. I watched the entire thing in one sitting and it really warms my heart. ❤️
Thank you
You are so kind and intelligent. This is the only sane view I have seen on this novel.
I haven't watched this video yet, just clicked onto it. But I just have to say, I get excited as hell every time I see a new one of your FD videos. FD is my favorite author by miles, and there is a severe scarcity of discussion to be found on the internet. It makes me so happy to see more people discussing him.
Edit: You should be teaching some kind of university literature classes. You have a talent.
Real nice guys never finish. They go on eternally.
This video taught me so much, I'm gonna rewatch it many many times in the future, Specially after I find the time to actually read the 'Idiot'.
Thank you man❤. Thank you♥️.
Love this! Thank you so much! Now I want to read all his work.
Wow, just wow. This was by far your best work yet (at least of the nearly half that I have watched).
I love your Dostoevsky analysis videos fr
As a giving person I am aware that some people take advantage of that, but usually I tend to think that they are people that are in extreme need. It doesn't make me less happy when takers take, but it doesn't make them more happy. So therefore I handle this with laying down my boundaries with love and care.
I watched the video twice….. it’s one of those that you wished you could leave something more than a like… i’m an idiot as well… and life just keeps hurting me… I’ll probably end mad as well, but I don’t know how to live another way… i can only hope that someday… some of my sacrifices will have some good outcome… thank you for your hard work and for a great presentation
Thanks for highlighting the religious elements to dostoevsky's writing. I thought it was lacking until now.
I've had some peoples actions and some of my own weighing in my head for years, and especially when I'd see "bad" deeds go unpunished or see "good" deeds punished doubly, after this hour it feels lighter thanks. I wouldn't have known there's a whole book about this if not for your channel, my phone tried to distract me multiple times but I couldn't keep looking at it while hearing something that sounded like my inner monologue at times. I'm new to philosophy but I'll keep coming back.
Your pronunciation is exceptionally good bro, don't worry (from Saint Petersburg, by the way❤)
Ahahah, my last gf was too kind
She would help people that were going through a tough time even though she was having a horrible one
By the time I got to her It was a bit late, I tried doing damage control, but her best friend offed themselves and blamed her.
She isolated herself and cutted me off from her life
I tried to reach out but It was useless.
Truly, I loved that "idiocy" as Dostoevsky says
Always love these videos, thank you for making them!
I need to read this now. I do believe it's possible to be kind with wisdom, to treat everyone with dignity and decency. Yet, being a savior is most of the times is not a kindness. I believe it takes practice and mistakes to learn effective kindness without compromising your principles.
I absolutely love your content and am always excited to see your new uploads. So happy I came across your channel some months ago!
You nailed the points. Thx for the video
Thank you I love your content. I’m gonna read the idiot right now.
I've planned on reading The idiot for quite sometime but didnt get the chance.
I feel like its one of the few "popular" books that I can empathize with.
thank you for the video
Weird as it is, this is by far my favourite novel of Dostoevsky's and yes, it was worth it.. also makes me like pieter bruegel's painting of the same that bit more aha. I used to read his on the train, or street regularly.. love it
I literally just finished the novel and this showed up on my feed,
a video from three days ago
a great coincidence!
Thank you for this, bro. I like this book the lesst out of all the Foydor books i've read. This video made me fall in love with the book
Brilliantly said... thank you.
For anyone wondering, the og title was
"Why nice guys finish last"
This is my favorite book. Tysm 🥰🥰
What a great video essay, thank you!
Wow, thanx for this great video! It will be the reason for reading the novel.
Love this… it is an ongoing struggle for me
I'm reading this book now! 🤓😊
Ah I hope you are enjoying it! There are lots of spoilers in this video so do be warned
@unsolicitedadvice9198 I noticed.🙉😅 I enjoyed your video nonetheless, and I look forward to the next!
I remember my father,stepfather and brother.
They were ALL taken advantage of by selfish people.
WOW just wow thank you for the input!
Man love your vids dude. Greetings from the US
I WAS WAITING FOR THID OMG YAYAYAYAAYY THANK YOUUUU
I help people sometimes but i will NEVER turn my back on them and give them a chance to betray me.
Even if they DO betray me,i will not care because my trust towards others was always low.
Even toward my own family.
Expect NOTHING from others people and take care of yourself first.
This was fantastic! I think the story of Jesus is the story of what will happen to anyone that lives like he did. It may not be crucifixion but you will pay a huge price, like insanity. To me it’s the entire point of the story of Jesus - to shine a light on this aspect of the human experience. The New Testament was the first No Exit. I’m not religious but the story of Jesus fascinates me.
Be good and you'll be misunderstood some of the time. Be bad and you'll be understood all of the time.