| | '''Fyodor Dostoevsky''' (Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) is a Russian author famous for his lengthy novels about society, social mores, and morality in [[Tzar]]ist Russia. In his novels he explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual-Christian context of his contemporary Russian society. He is generally considered one of the greatest novelists in history.<ref>http://thisrecording.com/today/2009/8/3/in-which-these-are-the-100-greatest-writers-of-all-time.html</ref> The popular IMDb site rates Dostoyevsky as the #1 author of all time,<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls005774742/</ref> and [[Alfred Einstein]] declared that “Dostoevsky gives me more than any other thinker.”<ref name="F">https://faithalone.org/journal-articles/dostoevsky-and-his-theology/</ref> | | '''Fyodor Dostoevsky''' (Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский) (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881) is a Russian author famous for his lengthy novels about society, social mores, and morality in [[Tzar]]ist Russia. In his novels he explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual-Christian context of his contemporary Russian society. He is generally considered one of the greatest novelists in history.<ref>http://thisrecording.com/today/2009/8/3/in-which-these-are-the-100-greatest-writers-of-all-time.html</ref> The popular IMDb site rates Dostoyevsky as the #1 author of all time,<ref>https://www.imdb.com/list/ls005774742/</ref> and [[Alfred Einstein]] declared that “Dostoevsky gives me more than any other thinker.”<ref name="F">https://faithalone.org/journal-articles/dostoevsky-and-his-theology/</ref> |
| − | Dostoevsky cited the [[Bible]] in his novels more than the famous [[British]] authors did. For example, in ''Crime and Punishment'' a character named Marmeladov, who was an alcoholic father, refers to drunkards “made in the image of the beast and his mark” (Part I, chap 2) in an allusion to {{bibleref|Rev|13|15-17}}. In ''The Brothers Karamazov'', a friend of Father Zosima states, “The sign of the Son of Man will be seen in the heavens” (Part II, Book VI, chap 2), mirroring {{bibleref|Matt|24|30}}.<ref name="F"/> | + | Dostoevsky cited the [[Bible]] in his novels more than famous [[British]] authors did. His "Grand Inquisitor" chapter in ''The Brothers Karamazov'' is one of the finest chapters ever written, and includes a dialog about the [[Three Temptations of Christ]].<ref>https://warriorsoulagoge.com/the-grand-inquisitor-and-the-three-temptations-of-christ/</ref> Also in that novel a friend of Father Zosima states, “The sign of the [[Son of Man]] will be seen in the heavens” (Part II, Book VI, chap 2), mirroring {{bibleref|Matt|24|30}}.<ref name="F"/> In ''Crime and Punishment'' a character named Marmeladov, who was an alcoholic father, refers to drunkards “made in the image of the beast and his mark” (Part I, chap 2) in an allusion to {{bibleref|Rev|13|15-17}}. |
| | Dostoevsky's major works include ''The Brothers Karamazov'' and ''Crime and Punishment''. Though his works are not truly existentialist, they are dark and daunting as the main characters frequently search for an illusive meaning of life. The fact that a writer of such brilliance was able to be simultaneously pre-existentialist and Christian may suggest that the atheistic claims of today's existentialists are disingenuous, although it may not. Noted scholar Walter Kaufmann called Part One of Dostoevsky's short novel ''Notes From Underground'' "the best overture for existentialism ever written." <ref>http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/exist.html</ref> Conservative readers would do well to reflect on the way many of his characters not only fail, but are denied opportunities, to redeem themselves spiritually. | | Dostoevsky's major works include ''The Brothers Karamazov'' and ''Crime and Punishment''. Though his works are not truly existentialist, they are dark and daunting as the main characters frequently search for an illusive meaning of life. The fact that a writer of such brilliance was able to be simultaneously pre-existentialist and Christian may suggest that the atheistic claims of today's existentialists are disingenuous, although it may not. Noted scholar Walter Kaufmann called Part One of Dostoevsky's short novel ''Notes From Underground'' "the best overture for existentialism ever written." <ref>http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/exist.html</ref> Conservative readers would do well to reflect on the way many of his characters not only fail, but are denied opportunities, to redeem themselves spiritually. |