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Fyodor Dostoyevsky ’s portrayal of human nature is so idiosyncratic that he simply can’t be surpassed by anybody in this art. There always are some fashionable ideas and human beings, who can’t think indepedably, prefer to follow this fashion blindly and those people are eventually used by the others… Leggi tutto

Popular Culture: An Alphabetical Contempt. a) Let’s not mince words. All populist entertainment is repulsive, useless, dangerous and witheringly anti-intellectual. b) Except maybe Doctor Who. But that’s hardly Beckett, is it? c) I first became an intellectual snob in my late teens. I witnessed first Leggi tutto

„- Și pe Stavroghin l-a devorat ideea, trecu peste remarcă Kirillov...- Cum adică, ciuli urechile Piotr Stepanovici, care idee? Ți-a spus el ceva?- Nu, am ghicit-o singur: Dacă Stavroghin crede, nu crede că crede. Iar dacă nu crede, nu crede că nu crede” (Partea a III, VI: 2) Roman sumbru cu întîmplă Leggi tutto

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چند نظر شخصی و سلیقه‌ای الف. ترجمه‌ی سروش حبیبی را بخوانید. فصلی از کتاب به دلایلی در چاپ‌های نخستین حذف می‌شود و بعد به کتاب اضافه شده است. با این وجود قبل از خواندن، انتهای کتاب را نگاه کنید و فصلی که پس از پایان رمان به کتاب ضمیمه شده است را ببینید. بهتر است این فصل را در موعد مقرر (فصل هشتم قسمت Leggi tutto

Demons It is the most powerful novel by Dostoevsky. It is more profound than schematical “Crime and Punishment” and much less preaching than “Karamazovs Brothers”, though the later one is building upon the “Demons”. It is the only big novel by him which contains a strong political element along with Leggi tutto