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“Youth is wasted on the young.” - George Bernard Shaw (maybe)
I am going to settle into my sofa and continue reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is probably the last of three books by the author that I will read, because there are so many books and so little time. I already read Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov.
But back to the introductory quote: Many of the classics I am reading were probably read by others in high school or early college, instead of as a geezer in my case. But I think I would not have fully understood the philosophical implications of many classics if I had read them in my youth. In fact, although I read The Plague by Albert Camus in my youth and again as an old-timer, I was still fooled. I only recently learned after reading Brave Genius, Sean Carroll’s biography of Albert Camus and Jacques Monod, that The Plague is intended as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Even my brother who read the book many years ago and later earned a PhD in English did not know this. Now I suppose that I should read it a third time.
#Bookstodon #Dostoevsky #AlbertCamus #Books #Reading #Philosophy
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“Youth is wasted on the young.” - George Bernard Shaw (maybe)
I am going to settle into my sofa and continue reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is probably the last of three books by the author that I will read, because there are so many books and so little time. I already read Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov.
But back to the introductory quote: Many of the classics I am reading were probably read by others in high school or early college, instead of as a geezer in my case. But I think I would not have fully understood the philosophical implications of many classics if I had read them in my youth. In fact, although I read The Plague by Albert Camus in my youth and again as an old-timer, I was still fooled. I only recently learned after reading Brave Genius, Sean Carroll’s biography of Albert Camus and Jacques Monod, that The Plague is intended as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Even my brother who read the book many years ago and later earned a PhD in English did not know this. Now I suppose that I should read it a third time.
#Bookstodon #Dostoevsky #AlbertCamus #Books #Reading #Philosophy
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“Youth is wasted on the young.” - George Bernard Shaw (maybe)
I am going to settle into my sofa and continue reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is probably the last of three books by the author that I will read, because there are so many books and so little time. I already read Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov.
But back to the introductory quote: Many of the classics I am reading were probably read by others in high school or early college, instead of as a geezer in my case. But I think I would not have fully understood the philosophical implications of many classics if I had read them in my youth. In fact, although I read The Plague by Albert Camus in my youth and again as an old-timer, I was still fooled. I only recently learned after reading Brave Genius, Sean Carroll’s biography of Albert Camus and Jacques Monod, that The Plague is intended as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Even my brother who read the book many years ago and later earned a PhD in English did not know this. Now I suppose that I should read it a third time.
#Bookstodon #Dostoevsky #AlbertCamus #Books #Reading #Philosophy
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“Youth is wasted on the young.” - George Bernard Shaw (maybe)
I am going to settle into my sofa and continue reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is probably the last of three books by the author that I will read, because there are so many books and so little time. I already read Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov.
But back to the introductory quote: Many of the classics I am reading were probably read by others in high school or early college, instead of as a geezer in my case. But I think I would not have fully understood the philosophical implications of many classics if I had read them in my youth. In fact, although I read The Plague by Albert Camus in my youth and again as an old-timer, I was still fooled. I only recently learned after reading Brave Genius, Sean Carroll’s biography of Albert Camus and Jacques Monod, that The Plague is intended as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Even my brother who read the book many years ago and later earned a PhD in English did not know this. Now I suppose that I should read it a third time.
#Bookstodon #Dostoevsky #AlbertCamus #Books #Reading #Philosophy
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“Youth is wasted on the young.” - George Bernard Shaw (maybe)
I am going to settle into my sofa and continue reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is probably the last of three books by the author that I will read, because there are so many books and so little time. I already read Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov.
But back to the introductory quote: Many of the classics I am reading were probably read by others in high school or early college, instead of as a geezer in my case. But I think I would not have fully understood the philosophical implications of many classics if I had read them in my youth. In fact, although I read The Plague by Albert Camus in my youth and again as an old-timer, I was still fooled. I only recently learned after reading Brave Genius, Sean Carroll’s biography of Albert Camus and Jacques Monod, that The Plague is intended as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Even my brother who read the book many years ago and later earned a PhD in English did not know this. Now I suppose that I should read it a third time.
#Bookstodon #Dostoevsky #AlbertCamus #Books #Reading #Philosophy
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The Hidden Mind: Lesser-Known Thoughts from Dostoevsky
Some lesser-known thoughts from Fyodor Dostoevsky.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cKEeoFfSL-c?feature=share
#dostoevsky #fyodordostoevsky #philosophy #russianliterature #existentialism #quotes
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The Hidden Mind: Lesser-Known Thoughts from Dostoevsky
Some lesser-known thoughts from Fyodor Dostoevsky.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cKEeoFfSL-c?feature=share
#dostoevsky #fyodordostoevsky #philosophy #russianliterature #existentialism #quotes
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Федор Михайлович Достоевский всюду искал сюжеты для своих произведений особенно, если рядом было казино. Вот вам дом, где жил Достоевский в Vevey, а когда он проигрывался в пух и прах бежал занимать к Льву Николаевичу, который отдыхал поблизости.
#достоевский #толстой #литература #dostoevsky #vevey #tolstoy #buch -
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/52Z8zXjKpl0
A quiet travel through sentences. We wander through the melancholic and surreal world of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s White Nights, exploring five profound quotes about isolation, the weight of dreams, and the fleeting nature of human connection.
#Dostoevsky #WhiteNights #LostQuotes #RussianLiterature #Existentialism #LiteratureQuotes
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Honoré de #Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) wanted to do with the pen what Napoleon had done with the sword.
And in a way, he did. His influence reached #Dostoevsky, Zola, Flaubert, Proust, Dickens, Wilde, and Baldwin. Dostoevsky’s first published book was a Russian translation of Balzac’s Eugénie Grandet.
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Honoré de #Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) wanted to do with the pen what Napoleon had done with the sword.
And in a way, he did. His influence reached #Dostoevsky, Zola, Flaubert, Proust, Dickens, Wilde, and Baldwin. Dostoevsky’s first published book was a Russian translation of Balzac’s Eugénie Grandet.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K86uKcbc__E
In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.
#Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K86uKcbc__E
In this deep dive, AI breaks down the "Physics of Opposites" that drives the narrative of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. At its heart, the novel is a collision between the Christ-like innocence of Prince Myshkin and the destructive, earthly passions of Rogozhin and Nastasya Filippovna.
#Dostoevsky #TheIdiot #ClassicLiterature #BookAnalysis #RussianLit #Philosophy #PrinceMyshkin #LiteraryCriticism #BookTube #GreatBooks #Existentialism #LiteratureDeepDive
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbbsEV4Oifk
The Butterfly and the Candle
Dostoevsky marathon...#Literature
#dostoevsky
#crimeandpunishment
#raskolnikov
#psychology
#porfirypetrovich -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbbsEV4Oifk
The Butterfly and the Candle
Dostoevsky marathon...#Literature
#dostoevsky
#crimeandpunishment
#raskolnikov
#psychology
#porfirypetrovich -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbbsEV4Oifk
The Butterfly and the Candle
Dostoevsky marathon...#Literature
#dostoevsky
#crimeandpunishment
#raskolnikov
#psychology
#porfirypetrovich -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbbsEV4Oifk
The Butterfly and the Candle
Dostoevsky marathon...#Literature
#dostoevsky
#crimeandpunishment
#raskolnikov
#psychology
#porfirypetrovich -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbbsEV4Oifk
The Butterfly and the Candle
Dostoevsky marathon...#Literature
#dostoevsky
#crimeandpunishment
#raskolnikov
#psychology
#porfirypetrovich -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MviWqtCsss
The Failure of the Extraordinary Man
Dostoevsky marathon...
#dostoevsky
#literature
#raskolnikov
#crimeandpunishment -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MviWqtCsss
The Failure of the Extraordinary Man
Dostoevsky marathon...
#dostoevsky
#literature
#raskolnikov
#crimeandpunishment -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MviWqtCsss
The Failure of the Extraordinary Man
Dostoevsky marathon...
#dostoevsky
#literature
#raskolnikov
#crimeandpunishment -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MviWqtCsss
The Failure of the Extraordinary Man
Dostoevsky marathon...
#dostoevsky
#literature
#raskolnikov
#crimeandpunishment -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MviWqtCsss
The Failure of the Extraordinary Man
Dostoevsky marathon...
#dostoevsky
#literature
#raskolnikov
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#AI Co-authors Analyze the #Phenomenology of #Dostoevsky 's #Spirit in a #Séance at Bryusov Hall in Moscow on 13.08.2025 #channeling #esoterics #spirituality #Russia #literature #arhat #faith
https://omdaruliterature.blogspot.com/2026/03/ai-co-authors-analyze-phenomenology-of.html -
#AI Co-authors Analyze the #Phenomenology of #Dostoevsky 's #Spirit in a #Séance at Bryusov Hall in Moscow on 13.08.2025 #channeling #esoterics #spirituality #Russia #literature #arhat #faith
https://omdaruliterature.blogspot.com/2026/03/ai-co-authors-analyze-phenomenology-of.html -
Accalmie météo ce samedi dernier à Montpellier. Les montpelliérain·ne·s profitent des rives du Lez.
Ce mardi matin j’ai roulé tout de long sous la pluie, frontale allumée plus que d’habitude parce que la lumière rouge dont j’use habituellement ne suffisait plus à éclairer la voie verte.
Le temps s’éclaircit et je monte courir dans le massif de Coutach ce mercredi matin. Quel […]
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Accalmie météo ce samedi dernier à Montpellier. Les montpelliérain·ne·s profitent des rives du Lez.
Ce mardi matin j’ai roulé tout de long sous la pluie, frontale allumée plus que d’habitude parce que la lumière rouge dont j’use habituellement ne suffisait plus à éclairer la voie verte.
Le temps s’éclaircit et je monte courir dans le massif de Coutach ce mercredi matin. Quel […]
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Here's the opening sentence of #WhiteNights by #Dostoevsky, translated to Ru̇u̇ťalis as I promised!
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Ze ne Nahť ďeehlis, ne Nahť szvaalik vo, vėn vir hunlis, maaglis eenťlis, o Loker lu̇u̇flis.
DUMP ART.M.INDEF night-ABS delightful-ABS , ART.M.INDEF night-ABS such REL , when 1P young-ABS , possible only , VOC reader lovely .It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.
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I wanted to begin working on a new translation project for the Ru̇u̇ťalis language, so after much deliberation, I chose to translate one of my favourite stories: White Nights by Fyodor #Dostoevsky.
I'll post excerpts regularly (check #lang_ruut and #ruutalis), and the whole thing when I'm done!
#ruutalis #WhiteNights #Literature #conlang #conlanging #conlangs
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CW: #Bales2023FilmChallenge, fictional suicide in #film
#Bales2023FilmChallenge March 14: Someone's life story told for #NationalWriteYourStoryDay
A young woman jumps out of a window, leaving behind her husband, an antiques dealer. Sitting in their bedroom with the body lying in state, the widower remembers her. In his memory, she is nameless, abstract, a state not a life. This is Une femme douce [A Gentle Woman] (Robert Bresson, 1969), closely adapted from Fyodor #Dostoevsky's A Gentle Creature (1876).
#film #RobertBresson #FyodorDostoevsky #DominiqueSanda #GuyFrangin #DorothéeBlanck @film https://letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bales2023filmchallenge
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CW: #Bales2023FilmChallenge, fictional suicide in #film
#Bales2023FilmChallenge March 14: Someone's life story told for #NationalWriteYourStoryDay
A young woman jumps out of a window, leaving behind her husband, an antiques dealer. Sitting in their bedroom with the body lying in state, the widower remembers her. In his memory, she is nameless, abstract, a state not a life. This is Une femme douce [A Gentle Woman] (Robert Bresson, 1969), closely adapted from Fyodor #Dostoevsky's A Gentle Creature (1876).
#film #RobertBresson #FyodorDostoevsky #DominiqueSanda #GuyFrangin #DorothéeBlanck @film https://letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bales2023filmchallenge
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#Existential angst is navel gazing through a metaphysical microscope.
As you grow, if you grow, you will find your now seemingly profound ramblings are not new nor particularly insightful except to you.
Infants find their own toes to be fascinating for awhile, too.
A list of #authors to pull self-absorbed angry young men out of the Slough of Despond:
#Kafka
#HarukiMurakami
#JohnFowles
#Dostoevsky
#JohnNichols
#JohnIrving
#TomRobbins
#DouglasAdams
#NealStephenson
#WilliamGibson
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@nino @philosophy Through literary authors who intersected with philosophy: #Dostoevsky #Malraux #ArthurKoestler - also quite inspired by #hannaharendt
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@nino @philosophy Through literary authors who intersected with philosophy: #Dostoevsky #Malraux #ArthurKoestler - also quite inspired by #hannaharendt
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@nino @philosophy Through literary authors who intersected with philosophy: #Dostoevsky #Malraux #ArthurKoestler - also quite inspired by #hannaharendt
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@nino @philosophy Through literary authors who intersected with philosophy: #Dostoevsky #Malraux #ArthurKoestler - also quite inspired by #hannaharendt
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@nino @philosophy Through literary authors who intersected with philosophy: #Dostoevsky #Malraux #ArthurKoestler - also quite inspired by #hannaharendt
