2025-01-13
39 分钟Hello, everyone.
I'm Steven West.
This is Philosophize This.
So today we're talking about the book Demons.
It's one of the five great novels people say you just have to read if you're going to be reading some Dostoevsky.
And as usual, this podcast is going to be covering the philosophical themes of this book,
you know, what Dostoevsky was going for in the context of the thought of his time.
What I mean is this is not intended to be like a book club where I'm telling you what I think about the book.
You know, this isn't my opinion about how this character reminds me of my Uncle Murray or something.
And more than that, this episode isn't intended to be a replacement for actually reading the book.
Just feel the need to say that every time as we get started with one of these.
Another thing to say here is that this is now the third book from Dostoevsky
that we've covered and notes from underground and crime and punishment will be referenced throughout this entire episode.
So just a heads up there.
But that said, how do you begin to describe a book like Demons?
It's one of the most complex books Dostoevsky ever wrote in his lifetime.
I mean, there's a lot to this book.
It's about 750 pages long.
It's full of symbolism.
For whatever it's worth,