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A review by hades9stages
The Grand Inquisitor (Dodo Press) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.0
“That day must come when men will understand that freedom and daily bread enough to satisfy all are unthinkable and can never be had together, as men will never be able to fairly divide the two among themselves. And they will also learn that they can never be free, for they are weak, vicious, miserable nonentities born wicked and rebellious.”
Dostoyevky’s last work (?) and definitely one of his most interesting. It’s pretty dense, written in a way where it’s kind of hard to follow, even for a Dostoyevky. A startling difference to his much earlier stories which I have recently read. But I found it quite interesting. Not my type of book, though.
“I swear man is weaker and lower than Thou hast ever imagined him to be! Can he ever do that which Thou art said to have accomplished?”
“'And thus, after all Thou has suffered for mankind and its freedom, the present fate of men may be summed up in three words: Unrest, Confusion, Misery!”
“Humanity as a whole has ever aspired to unite itself universally. Many were, the great nations with great histories, but the greater they were, the more unhappy they felt, as they felt the stronger necessity of a universal union among men.”
Dostoyevky’s last work (?) and definitely one of his most interesting. It’s pretty dense, written in a way where it’s kind of hard to follow, even for a Dostoyevky. A startling difference to his much earlier stories which I have recently read. But I found it quite interesting. Not my type of book, though.
“I swear man is weaker and lower than Thou hast ever imagined him to be! Can he ever do that which Thou art said to have accomplished?”
“'And thus, after all Thou has suffered for mankind and its freedom, the present fate of men may be summed up in three words: Unrest, Confusion, Misery!”
“Humanity as a whole has ever aspired to unite itself universally. Many were, the great nations with great histories, but the greater they were, the more unhappy they felt, as they felt the stronger necessity of a universal union among men.”